What Are the “Long Nostrils” of YHWH?
The mention of YHWH’s “nostrils” (ʾapayīm) in the Bible is classically interpreted as a metonymy of the face and/or a metaphor for anger. The reference to their length and even to their elongation, however, rules out any entirely satisfying explanation in this semantic context. If this term is const...
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MDPI AG
2017-09-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/8/9/190 |