Only reference I can find to "blessed above women" is Jael, who killed Sisera after tricking him into her tent.
I THINK most students of the languages involved would say that that is a Semitic superlative form. The way I think of it is, "You got your rams; among them THAT one is the big one." Which comes down to, "That's the biggest ram."
Sisera got ‘pegged’.
What do you know! Mine, too.
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb." -- Luke 1:28,42"And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women...
Apparently the RCC foists this deception off on an unsuspecting laity to further their opinion that Mary is a "co-redeemer" and a "dispensatrix of all grace."
Blasphemy upon blasphemy.