The Meaning of ' Ein Lo Domeh and Similar Phrases in Medieval Biblical Exegesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12013577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick E Greenspahn (Brighton Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pages | 59-70 |
| Publication date | 1979-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AJS Review The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0364-0094 • E-ISSN: 1475-4541 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0364009400000416 |
| OpenAlex | W2041768414 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Medieval lexicographers and commentators frequently note unique words in the Bible. The descriptions they use for this purpose are regularly understood to be equivalent to the modern term hapax legomenon . One example of this is Joshua Blau's assertion that in “Hebrew literature hapax legomena are called ’en lo ’ah, 'en lo haver, ’en lo re‘a ba-Miqra' .” Although there is not complete consensus as to the definition of the modern term, overall its meaning is clear and constant: a hapax legomenon is a word which occurs only once within a defined corpus; to identify a word as a hapax legomenon is to make an assertion about its frequency of use
Art · Assertion · Epistemology · Exegesis · Hebrew · Lexicography · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential · Term (time · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |