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The Importance of Contextual Uses of Nafam
Linguist John Walton notes there's no English word that readily captures the meaning of nahfam. "The idea that we should expect an English word or an English conceptual framework to be able to capture all of the different meanings of this verbal root is fallacious," he says. Nahfam refers to Isaac being comforted over the loss of his mother and Esau comforting himself while planning to kill Jacob.
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