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וַעֲשִׂיתֶם צַלְמֵי עפליכם (טְחֹרֵיכֶם) וְצַלְמֵי עַכְבְּרֵיכֶם, הַמַּשְׁחִיתִם אֶת-הָאָרֶץ
Wikipedia translates that as "golden images of their hemorrhoids". Is that the universal understanding ?
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וַעֲשִׂיתֶם צַלְמֵי עפליכם (טְחֹרֵיכֶם) וְצַלְמֵי עַכְבְּרֵיכֶם, הַמַּשְׁחִיתִם אֶת-הָאָרֶץ
Wikipedia translates that as "golden images of their hemorrhoids". Is that the universal understanding ?
QUOTE (shaya_getzl @ Feb 11 2008, 03:32 PM) 
Wikipedia translates that as "golden images of their hemorrhoids". Is that the universal understanding ?
More or less, although with the appearance of the word in Deut. 28:27 at least one commentator understands it as a plague related to infestation.
Philistines sure had taste. Is there a modern Israeli jeweler that walks in philistine footsteps ?
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