[Mesorah] Meaning of m'tim

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In a message dated 8/18/2008 2:19:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Shlomog at iteam.co.il writes:

Sorry, my mistake.   Mortal in Hebrew is "ben t'muta".   
"Ben mavet" is one who  deserves to die.


I think "ben temuta" is a modern Israeli coinage.  Anyway your  linkage of 
"mortal man" with "metei" (or I would say "mesei") is very good and  makes sense.
 

--Toby
--Toby  Katz
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