Gen. 21:9

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Wed Nov 11 13:23:06 EST 1998


On Tue 10 Nov 98 (21:07:56), billfred at erols.com wrote:
> One of the possible meanings of the Hebrew verb used here is "to mock."
> 
> And we can find various forms of PAIZW used in this manner is the LXX. 
> It appears to me that Ishmael was mocking Isaac, as young rivals are
> wont to do!

 PAIZW to "kid" - to treat childishly; to play as children play.
 With intense sibling rivalry no doubt. Bullying is a perpetual problem
 in children's schools.

 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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