"Syntactical Chiasmus"

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Mon Jan 29 18:51:12 EST 2001


Dear Iver,

You write:

>The Matthew 7:6 is generally accepted as a Hebrew chiasm, partly because
>hRHXWSIN refers to tearing apart, a word that fits wild dogs better than
>domesticated pigs.

You may be right, but it is interesting that BAGD notes that RHGNUMI is
used of a swine tearing in pieces with his teeth in Aesop, Fable 408 H.
The swine in the fable is tearing apart a dog (KUWN). So perhaps both
animals could tear in pieces the pearl thrower.

			Yours,
			Harold Holmyard
			Dallas, TX






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