Timeline for Why is "rega`" translated "peace" in Job 21:13?
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| Aug 27, 2013 at 7:29 | comment | added | bjorne | While I agree in principle, the usage here is more direct than your "salt" example. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 6:31 | comment | added | Jon Ericson | @bjorne: That's true. However, I don't know how much weight we should place on the meaning of raga`. (That's mostly because my Hebrew is at best second-hand. ;-) The English word "salary" has it's roots in the Latin word for salt. But I would not be happy if my employer paid me in sodium chloride! | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 0:05 | comment | added | bjorne | In addition to my answer which sticks to the text of particular examples, you seem to have missed other relevant entries in the lexicon you quoted. You mentioned 07281 but failed to quote 07280 which cites "rest" and "ease" 6 times. | |
| Feb 17, 2012 at 20:10 | history | answered | Jon Ericson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |