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Bahareh M Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

"Beat" as in "Thou didst beat me and knowledge entered my head"

Hello forum members,

“Thou didst beat me and knowledge entered my head.”

Does "beat" here simply mean "to punish"?

Going back even further, an Egyptian child’s clay tablet from 3000 BC was inscribed with the words “Thou didst beat me and knowledge entered my head.”

Reference: https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZOJAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=%22Going+back+even+further,+an+Egyptian+child%E2%80%99s+clay+tablet%22&source=bl&ots=nsKToHONAF&sig=ACfU3U32JsRhipMkqanwlENuE-8jhnaGFg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1xe-fgbXsAhXOUhUIHUC4Dp4Q6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Going%20back%20even%20further%2C%20an%20Egyptian%20child%E2%80%99s%20clay%20tablet%22&f=false

Thank you so much.

  

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That is the English of many centuries ago. I suppose it means that children were beaten with a rod if they did not learn their lessons.

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  • That is the English of many centuries ago.
  • I suppose it means that children were beaten with a rod if they did not learn their lessons.
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That is the English of many centuries ago.


I suppose it means that children were beaten with a rod if they did not learn their lessons.

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