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Names: Noll, Sonja, author.
Title: The semantics of silence in biblical Hebrew / by Sonja Noll.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] | Series: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; volume 100 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019034648 (print) | LCCN 2019034649 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004414174 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004414648 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Hebrew language–Semantics. | Silence in the Bible.
Classification: LCC PJ4810 .N65 2020 (print) | LCC PJ4810 (ebook) | DDC 492.4/0143–dc23
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