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| 'keper' appears to have several possible meanings, including "cover" or "lid" and "lion" - FIXME investigate this | 'keper' means "cover". |
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| Other spurious interpretations abound, including "frost"((Exodus 16:14, Job 38:29)), "bowl"((1 Chronicles 28:17)), but the interpretation of "cover" fits easily into each of the contexts. | Traditional translations employ a variety of additional spurious interpretations, including "frost"((Exodus 16:14, Job 38:29)), "bowl"((1 Chronicles 28:17)), "lion"((Proverbs 19:12)), but the interpretation of "cover" fits easily into each of the contexts. |
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| The "lion" meaning is pretty clear in many contextual clues pertaining to animals, particularly dangerous ones, and with its frequent association with another word which also means lion, [[ari]]. However, one must wonder whether the verb form of "cover" might also be applicable here. Might it refer to the predator watching carefully, waiting to pounce? | |
