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- Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:25 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Genesis 1
- Replies: 30
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Re: Genesis 1
Conduits
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:31 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Mycenaean Hebrew
- Replies: 24
- Views: 51456
Re: Mycenaean Hebrew
Ἑρμαῖον חרמון : called after Hermes, of or from Hermes In Arabic the name Jacob (يعقوب) means partridge the homologue of κακκάβη "partridge" also the word for a three-legged pot. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakka%2Fbh&la=greek&can=kakka%2Fbh0&prior=ka/kkab-os#Perseus:text:1999.04.005...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:47 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Book of Esther
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9301
Re: Book of Esther
אחשורוש in the LXX is Ἀρταξέρξης (Artaxerxes) and this name appears in Daniel 9 as the father of Darius. Artaxerxes I fathered Darius II Antiquities of the Jews - 11.1841 After the death of Xerxes, the kingdom came to be transferred to his son Cyrus, whom the Greeks called Artaxerxes. The story of D...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:45 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Book of Esther
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9301
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:26 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Deut 6:5
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Re: Deut 6:5
The Hebrew מאדך is μέγας σού "thy might" and LXX as δύναμις σου.
δύναμις;
power, might, strength, Hom.: then, generally, strength, power, ability to do a thing, a force for war, forces
δύναμις;
power, might, strength, Hom.: then, generally, strength, power, ability to do a thing, a force for war, forces
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 2:05 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Kings & Isaiah
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11406
Re: Kings & Isaiah
Isaiah 51:1— Hearken to me, ye that follow (רדפי) after righteousness, ye that seek (מבקשי) the Lord. The verb רדף is closer to Lt. prosequor and persequor then διώκω. The verb בשק is a compound from ἐπιζητέω confirmed with the spanish words buscada, buscat and the component ζητεω is צדה. צוד, צדה ζ...
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 6:36 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Kings & Isaiah
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11406
Re: Kings & Isaiah
Isa 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish (Athens) first, to bring thy sons from far. איים יקוו — isles shall wait. γᾶι προσδοκησουσι The verb קוה is a compound of προσδοκάω; expect for, whether in hope or fear, wait for. Thus in Psalm 62:5 תקותי means "my expectation"...
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 5:04 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Kings & Isaiah
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11406
Re: Kings & Isaiah
Isaiah 62:3 — Thou shalt also be a crown of glory (עטרה תפארת) in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem (צניף) in the hand of thy God. κίδαρις φαντασίας (עטרה תפארת) κίδαρις Persian head-dress, prob. = τιάρα, κυρβασία —also κίταρις 2. turban of Jewish high priest, LXX Ex.28.4 τιάρα A.tiara, the P...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:17 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Kings & Isaiah
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11406
Re: Kings & Isaiah
Isaiah 57:14 stumblingblock מכשול σφάλλω —to make to fall, throw down, overthrow, properly by tripping up, to trip up in wrestling σφάλμα —trip, stumble, false step. Psalms 91:12 lest thou dash thy foot against a stone פֶּן־ תִּגֹּ֖ף בָּאֶ֣בֶן רַגְלֶֽךָ׃ μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου προσ...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:49 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Kings & Isaiah
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11406
Re: Kings & Isaiah
Isaiah 56:7 זבחיהם לרצון על מזבחי their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar The word רצון derives from the compound προδέχομαι; take, accept, receive. Cf. πρόσδεξις; acceptance. This is proven in Ezekiel 20:41 in which ארצה אתכם in Greek version is προσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς "I will accept you". The ...