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- Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:27 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Monkeys & Apes (1 Kings 10:22)
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Monkeys & Apes (1 Kings 10:22)
1 Kings 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Carthage with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Carthage, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and monkeys. ותכיים "Monkey " ו = V B ϝ P יי = ω The LXX version of 2 Ch 9:21 , ותכיים is πιθήκων (Pithakon) "...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:25 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Elephantine ( Bethlehem).
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Re: Elephantine ( Bethlehem).
The primary historian who documents Elephantine is Herodotus. Herodotus, The Histories, Book 2, chapter 30 From this city you make a journey by water equal in distance to that by which you came from Elephantine to the capital city of Ethiopia, and you come to the land of the Deserters. These Deserte...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 6:57 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Elephantine ( Bethlehem).
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Elephantine ( Bethlehem).
ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος ( Elephant) - This word was first used by Ancient Greeks and originally refers too Ivory (not the animal) ( used in Homer, Hesiod & Pindar ) - The Latin word for Ivory, is Eboreus , Ebur . אלופ ( ALUF ) - Thousand Gk. χιλιάς ( Chilias ) Lt. Mille > (Building fitted to grind gra...
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 11:37 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Carthage
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Carthage
Ezekiel 27:25 The ships of Carthage did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. πλοῖα ἐν αὐτοῖς Καρχηδόνιοι ἔμποροί σου ἐν τῷ πλήθει ἐν τῷ συμμίκτῳ σου καὶ ἐνεπλήσθης καὶ ἐβαρύνθης σφόδρα ἐν καρδίᾳ θαλάσσης Καρχηδόνιοι is תַּרְשִׁישׁ [...
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:17 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Zeus is the Jewish God.
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- Views: 248956
Re: Zeus is the Jewish God.
מַיִם [ Mayim ] .
> B'yim - B'dim - P'tom - ποταμός (River)
> W'yim - W'tim - ὑετός (Rain), ὕδωρ (Water)
> B'yim - B'dim - P'tom - ποταμός (River)
> W'yim - W'tim - ὑετός (Rain), ὕδωρ (Water)
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:51 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Zeus is the Jewish God.
- Replies: 186
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Re: Zeus is the Jewish God.
2 Kings 5:12 Amanah[אֲמָנָה] or Abanah [אֲבָנָה] There is interchanging between B & M In both the MT & LXX , Abinadab and Aminadab interchange, this occurs in so many names and thus makes it difficult to distinguish who is who and where is where in the Bible. The Arabic name 'Mecca' was ori...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:53 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Nebuchadnezzar (Semi-mythical)
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Nebuchadnezzar (Semi-mythical)
It's seemingly obvious the Old Testament inaccurately portrays Nabû-kudurri-uṣur. 1. Nabû-kudurri-uṣur failed to conquer Egypt. 2. Nabû-kudurri-uṣur failed to capture or destroy Tyre 3. Nabû-kudurri-uṣur was not the father of Belshazzar (who was not a King) Do the names Nabû- kudurri -uṣur & Nĕb...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:00 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Nimrod the Leopard
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Re: Nimrod the Leopard
LIS means Lion in both Hebrew & Greek ליש גבור בבהמה [Proverbs 30:30] λὶς ἠϋγένειος [Lliad 17.106] Barod [בָּרֹד] * Spotted (H1261) בָּרֹד לַיִשׁ "Spotted Lion" * BRD LIS > Pardalis (πάρδαλις) The spots of a Leopard are called rosettes, due to it's rose-like marking and the Greek word ...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:22 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Nimrod the Leopard
- Replies: 2
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Re: Nimrod the Leopard
Daniel 7:6 - Leopard with four heads.
Nimrod
- Babel [ Byblos]
- Erech [ Arqa]
- Accad [ Arwad ]
- Kalnah [ Kalamos ] (Al-Qalamoun)
Nimrod
- Babel [ Byblos]
- Erech [ Arqa]
- Accad [ Arwad ]
- Kalnah [ Kalamos ] (Al-Qalamoun)
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:22 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Nimrod the Leopard
- Replies: 2
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Nimrod the Leopard
Whenever the Lexicon comes across a strange word, the usual response is "Probably of foreign origin" and no additional information is given. In regards to the name Nimrod, this means Leopard [נָמֵר] . In the LXX , Nimrod is Νεβρωδ [ Nebrod ] and this is similar too πάρδος [ Pardos] -λέων π...