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I like translating the Hebrew of the Bible, and I think it can be done accurately and honestly, better than extant translations, so long as you ignore the theologically minded people completely. They generally are not honest enough, you can't trust anything they say.
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Apr 23 |
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Who was Moses supposed to say sent him, “Ehieh” or “Yahweh” Except "Ehieh" is not "hayah", so the difference is much bigger than waw to jud. |
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Apr 3 |
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What else can “Fifteen cubits from above” in Gen 7:20 mean? -1: The original Hebrew had no dots at all, these were added in the Middle ages. The word "Milema'la" is not obscure, and no other construction of this form has any special thing associated with it. The construction is straightforward, and it doesn't seem like a contraction of "min lema'la" which is what is implied by this answer, which doesn't even sound grammatical and certainly doesn't appear anywhere. |
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Mar 12 |
accepted | Does Exodus 22:28 call for child sacrifice? |
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Mar 11 |
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Does Exodus 22:28 call for child sacrifice? retitle |
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Mar 11 |
suggested | suggested edit on What does it mean to be a Nazarite? |
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Mar 11 |
awarded | Cleanup |
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Mar 11 |
revised |
Does Exodus 22:28 call for child sacrifice? rolled back to a previous revision |
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Mar 1 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Feb 27 |
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Does Exodus 22:28 call for child sacrifice? @warren: it wasn't a misnote--- I meant Reuben. I was thinking of the story of Reuben sleeping with Jacob's concubine, the thing that makes him "unstable as water" and unsuitable for an inheritance. This is over-masculinity. The Judah was a brain-glitch, I know the stories. |
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Feb 19 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Nov 16 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 12 |
awarded | Revival |
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Nov 10 |
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Who was Moses supposed to say sent him, “Ehieh” or “Yahweh” Oh, I see! You think the "post-hoc" etymological justification for the name is being done here by the same author! It's the redactor, the person who put the J/E together this way, who is making the post-hoc justification by the juxtaposition, neither J nor E gives an etymology for Yahweh, and the etymology is implicit, not parallel to neither J nor E stuff (although it's in a similar spirit). This answer is incorrect--- the "J part" and the "E part" are in different voices, the seam is obvious and clunky, and this is the first place where they start to agree on the name of God. |
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Nov 10 |
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Who was Moses supposed to say sent him, “Ehieh” or “Yahweh” The downvotes are funny, as this is certainly the correct answer, and no amount of political pressure will change my mind. |
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Nov 9 |
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Who was Moses supposed to say sent him, “Ehieh” or “Yahweh” I agree, it's like the other stretchy folk-etymologies, but this one is not so ridiculous (neither is noach), because "Yahweh" sort of sounds like a nonexistent conjugation of to be, which mangles the future and past tense. But they don't sound very much alike, you are right. I have already explained the main point, that it is one more place that you can clearly see the JE authorial division in Genesis/Exodus. |
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Nov 9 |
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Who was Moses supposed to say sent him, “Ehieh” or “Yahweh” This answer is incorrect, I am sorry to say. There is nothing masculine or feminine about either ehieh or yahweh. |
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Nov 4 |
answered | Did Moses have an Egyptian name? |
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Nov 4 |
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Did Moses have an Egyptian name? Except that it doesn't sound like that, except stretchingly. |
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Nov 4 |
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Did Moses have an Egyptian name? The active is "Moshet", not "Moshe". The etymology is totally wrong. |
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Nov 4 |
answered | Why did Abel keep flocks if man wasn't supposed to eat flesh til after the Flood? |
