Timeline for What is the meaning of mešeq in Genesis 15:2?
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| Apr 24, 2015 at 3:12 | comment | added | Cynthia | Is no less valid than other opinions which likewise depend on conjectures. At least my conjecture is based on the usual common Hebrew grammatical patterns and inflections. | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 16:31 | comment | added | Lee Woofenden | I'm sorry to have given offense. However, I am still interested in an answer to my question. Your answer seems to be written as a personal opinion and interpretation. | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 2:51 | comment | added | Cynthia | "folk etymology"? Using the word "folk" is a cunning way to sweep aside a theological argument based on Hebrew word analysis. Certainly, some of the opinions you read and accept, too are "folk" analogy that got accepted, which you never bothered to question. | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 15:47 | comment | added | Lee Woofenden | Is this your own folk etymology, or is there some specific scholarship (dictionaries, linguistic studies, etc.) to back it up? If the latter, some references would be helpful to give your answer weight. | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 9:56 | comment | added | Cynthia | The fact that Damascus existed as a city, demonstrated the must have been pervasiveness of the story of Abraham and Eliezer. That is to say, linguistic paleontological evidence for the existence of Abraham and the factual prominence of legacy of Abraham even among the Assyrians that a city was founded out of the birthplace of his adoptive kin. | |
| Apr 22, 2015 at 9:38 | history | answered | Cynthia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |