International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Sayest

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Sayest


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sā´est: “Thou sayest” (; ; , “Ye say”; ), i.e. rightly; “Thou hast said” (, ), = “Yes”; a rabbinical idiom never found in the Old Testament. Mark () renders by “I am.” All these passages WHm punctuate interrogatively (compare Kethūbhōth, f. 103 b).