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Headword: *xei=los
Adler number: chi,225
Translated headword: lip
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the body-part [of that name].[1]
"And the whole earth became one lip." He is speaking about sins.[2]
Greek Original:
*xei=los: to\ me/ros tou= sw/matos. kai\ e)ge/neto pa=sa h( gh= xei=los e(/n. peri\ tw=n a(martiw=n le/gei.
Notes:
[1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (202).
[2] From pi 779: Genesis 11:1 LXX. The reference to sins must belong to an allegorical interpretation, as this quotation is part of a pleonastic passage describing a primeval common language (as an introduction to the account of the tower of Babel).
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 March 2008@19:19:31.
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