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Jun 13 |
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Are the rings for carrying the incense altar pure gold? This is a good point, though it's also worth considering that Aharon (no known goldsmithing skills) and Bezalel (identified as a craftsman) might not have done it the same way. Thanks for explaining how gold does (and doesn't) behave! |
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Jun 12 |
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Cutting body and pagan tattoos forbidden in Leviticus 19, what pagan group? Rashi says: "This was the practice of the Amorites: to make cuts in their flesh when a person [related] to them died." But he doesn't cite a source. |
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Jun 10 |
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How can I identify puns in the Hebrew Bible? Citations needed. You mention the rabbis but I've never seen them do something like "for 'ayin read hei", which your first section suggests is legit. (BTW, reish is the fifth guttural.) I don't know a lot about kabbalah, but the "choose two letters from the three-letter root" approach is unfamiliar to me. |
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Jun 10 |
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Is there an interpretive significance for nashak (kiss) and nasak (burn) being puns? The rabbis wouldn't have been comparing kiss and burn; they would have been comparing nashak and nasak (if in fact anybody did). That's my point -- there are other words that can be translated kiss or burn, so are you asking about all such words, which seems too open to me (the bible isn't written in English), or are you asking specifically about the words in the title of this question? |
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Jun 10 |
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Where did Abel get the idea to sacrifice sheep? Cheers Mike, and welcome to BH. I hope you continue to contribute. |
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Jun 10 |
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Is there an English equivalent for Nephilim of Genesis 6:4? @BobJones, there's only one God, but there are other heavenly beings -- at least angels, and (probably) whatever the Nephilim are. |
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Jun 8 |
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Where did Abel get the idea to sacrifice sheep? Err, sorry, I was looking at the Hebrew text when I wrote that so didn't transform the names to Cain and Abel. With luck you knew what I meant. :-) |
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Jun 8 |
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Where did Abel get the idea to sacrifice sheep? Nice analysis, picking up on first fruits vs not. +1. One nit: actually, Kayin went first per the text and Hevel followed his lead. (The text says gam, also, so this isn't just the text reporting in arbitrary order.) Possibly Hevel is trying to one-up his brother by offering better stuff? |
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Jun 8 |
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How can I identify puns in the Hebrew Bible? @BobJones, it's hard for me to follow your first link, but you don't cite any sources and hei doesn't sound much like chet, nor have you accounted for the changed vowel. I assume there is a method to what you're doing, but since I can't see it it comes across to me as just making stuff up -- surely not what you intend. Yes, the rabbis play with rearranging words to look for extra meaning, but (1) not at the expense of the original meaning, and (2) not with the same claim to authority as scripture itself. |
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Jun 8 |
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Is there an interpretive significance for nashak (kiss) and nasak (burn) being puns? This would be a good question if about these specific words and with citations (as Eli said). If it's about the general idea of "kiss" and "burn" in translation, from a variety of source words, then it doesn't seem like a good fit to me. Could you clarify what you're asking for? |
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Jun 8 |
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How can I identify puns in the Hebrew Bible? @BobJones, if they're homophones, sure. Your Elohim example isn't even close to that. As with statistics you can make "hidden messages in text" say whatever you want, so you have to be careful to remain plausible. |
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Jun 8 |
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Is there an interpretive significance for nashak (kiss) and nasak (burn) being puns? The word nashak/nasak does not appear in Ex.3:18. I'm guessing it also doesn't appear in the gospels. |
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Jun 8 |
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How can I identify puns in the Hebrew Bible? @JonEricson, I voted to re-open, but I also up-voted your answer. I think the key for those not fluent in the original language is footnotes and commentaries, as you said. The only thing I can think of to add is to consult a lexicon for definitions once you've got a candidate word (i.e. someone commented on it). |
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Jun 8 |
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How can I identify puns in the Hebrew Bible? The two "lift" examples are very close. The difference comes from what follows the verb; in both cases it says יִשָּׂא פַרְעֹה אֶת-רֹאשֶׁךָ (Paro will lift up your head); in one case it's followed by the next phrase ("and restore you"), and in the other it's followed by "from upon yourself". Very clever! |
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Jun 8 |
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How can I identify puns in the Hebrew Bible? @BobJones, gematria, letter re-arrangement, and allegory are not the same as puns. A pun derives from a specific word/phrase having two clear meanings. |
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Jun 7 |
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Sacrificing and kissing calves in Hosea 13:2 @JonEricson, it seems that way to me too; what I don't know is how exactly people worshipped Ba'al (what form the idols took, etc). |
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Jun 7 |
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Unfamiliar metaphors in Hosea 14:6-7 I'm having trouble seeing what most of this has to do with the question, and what the rest is grounded in. |
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Jun 6 |
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Understanding Numbers 11:25 Nice analysis. While the original text is unpointed and the ambiguity stands, there should be a difference in binyan (and thus vowels) between "weren't gathered" (passive) and "didn't increase", right? Which does the Masoretic text use? |
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Jun 5 |
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Are the rings for carrying the incense altar pure gold? I checked the torah commentaries I own and so far I haven't found anybody who comments on this. (But my collection is far from complete...) |
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May 23 |
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What is Shesh Mashzar? Nicely done. (So much for tonight's research project. :-) ) |
