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Is the Oath Formula "By the Life of Pharaoh" Attested Anywhere outside of Biblical Literature?
Nice Egyptology question!
For this you want Temple oaths in Ptolemaic Egypt : a study at the crossroads of law, ethics and religion (V Massa 2018)
I've pasted some relevant parts.
There's a problem ...
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What is the spiritual difference between hungering and thirsting? (Matthew 5:6)
It looks to me a literary trope called “hendiadyoin” (ἓν διὰ δυοῖν - “one through two”) i.e. expressing the same notion by two different, synonymous words for creating a rhetorical effect therefrom, ...
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What is the spiritual difference between hungering and thirsting? (Matthew 5:6)
It was only upon reading a third commentary on those verses that an answer suggested itself. The author stated that this "is certainly to be understood spiritually", and:
"Our desires ...
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Do we need to be translating the Hebrew form and meaning of the word hate in Romans 9:13?
While this question is almost a repeat of previous questions, the way it is asked is insightful, and it hasn't been asked in this way. While the case is easier to show for the Hebrew word for love ...
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Do we need to be translating the Hebrew form and meaning of the word hate in Romans 9:13?
Romans 9:13 - As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have
hated.”
Short Answer: Yes, it’s at least beneficial to consider the Hebrew context for Old Testament references in the New ...
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The beloved shepherd isn't Solomon?
The shepherd and the king may or may not be the same character. If they are the same character they're different aspects or life-stages of him.
Either way, it might be too disrespectful to call a king ...
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"Hands" or "arms" in Song of Songs 5:14?
Song of Songs is exquisite Hebraic poetry, often lost on us modern English-speaking people. As the details of language have already been gone into by another, there remains another point in the Hebrew ...
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Is the "Asshur" in Genesis 10:11 a place or a person?
The problem is with translating Hebrew verb יָצָ֣א , which is the past (more precisely - perfect) tense for singular masculine subject, meaning he/it went (or he/it exited). Thus, without additional ...
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Is the "Asshur" in Genesis 10:11 a place or a person?
The OP's question may be equivalently re-phrased as:
Is the "Asshur" in Gen 10:11 a place or a person? The KJV follows (as in most places) the Clementine Vulgate text which follows the LXX. ...
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Is there any support in the original Hebrew in Isaiah 44:20 for the NLT translation calling the person who worships idols a “poor fool”?
Notice below that Isaiah 44:20 does not contain a word that directly translates to “poor” in the sense of material poverty or spiritual lacking. The Hebrew can be translated as "He feeds on ashes;...
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Why the people in Babel did not try to learn each other's language?
I recall an email disagreement I had with a Linguist. We went back and forth a couple of times regarding the nature of ambiguity. I suddenly realized that he was using one definition, I was using ...
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Without Cause, For Nothing, or In the End (Isaiah 52:4)
I'm an amateur at Ancient Hebrew but this seems to be a straightforward case of a root word having a preposition added:-
בְּ (be): This means "in" or "with."
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Elihu - what is meant by דֵּעַ - 'dei' in Book of Job - knowledge or opinion?
The OP is right that there are other factors here. A stronger word study is needed with better tools than Strongs, and I'm afraid the other factors might not have been entirely positive. But see what ...
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The beloved shepherd isn't Solomon?
It would not be hard to reconcile if they are the same person:
Different ways of speaking reflect different aspects of their relationship.
Love and admiration can take many forms. Such is the beauty ...
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Ezra 2:11 - does the name Bebai (אָב) signify fatherly?
Short Answer: There may be a linguistic basis for associating the name Bebai with “fatherly”.
Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary covers it well which I'll summarize:
Name origin: The derivation ...
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What is the spiritual difference between hungering and thirsting? (Matthew 5:6)
I tend to say that Jesus' use of hunger and thirst here has the same meaning. However, I'm attempting an answer based on Scripture, not on my theology.
Where the context is significant is:
I am the ...
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What is the spiritual difference between hungering and thirsting? (Matthew 5:6)
We see Jesus saying in Mtt 10:42( NIV) :
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their ...
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Had [satan] set [his] heart against Job?
First, English translations of John 1:8 & 2:3 were not influenced by the Latin Vulgate; 600 years before Jerome's vulgate was the Septuagint which reads for Job 1:8 -
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος· ...
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Had [satan] set [his] heart against Job?
I'm an amateur at Ancient Hebrew but the OP is posing a familiar problem with reading idioms in translation.
This is הֲשַׂ֥מְתָּ לִבְּךָ֖=hăśamtā libbəḵā
Looking at lib, Brown-Driver-Briggs has this ...
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The beloved shepherd isn't Solomon?
The OP says: "it seems to me that here she is differentiating between the beloved (second person) and the king (third person)."
That is a fact and has been noticed by many commentators. One ...
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Without Cause, For Nothing, or In the End (Isaiah 52:4)
It is true that the primary meaning of the noun אֶפֶס ('ephes) in Isa 52:4 is "a ceasing", and thus, has two uses (BDB):
"end or extremity", eg, Deut 33;17, 1 Sam 2:10, Micah 5:3, ...
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Elihu - what is meant by דֵּעַ - 'dei' in Book of Job - knowledge or opinion?
Knowledge is typically defined in philosophy as justified true belief. For a belief to be considered knowledge, it must meet three criteria:
Truth: The belief must be true.
Belief: The individual ...
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Are there any links between Moses killing the Egyptian and striking the rock?
I can't speak of the author's intent, but both cases represent a providential opportunity gone wrong, in which Moses and the Israelites together might have established a foundation of faith to enter ...
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Are there any links between Moses killing the Egyptian and striking the rock?
Link of Events?Several events in Moses's life may be considered "linked" because they all relate to the character of Moses. While all people have a fallen nature, that predicament of ...
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What is the best way to translate קָרָ֥אתִיבְשִׁמְךָ֖ in Isaiah 43:1?
The Hebrew phrase קָרָ֥אתִי בְשִׁמְךָ֖ is normally translated as I have called you by name. But if you keep it in Hebrew and the understanding of the words, it can be, "I read you by your ...
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Analysis of Daniel 9:26
I concur with you 100%, even before I read your comment I understood it that way, that the people of the prince here being referred to is the army (Roman legion) as it is stated also in the gospel of ...
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In Isaiah 45:23 is God saying that all shall bow to God or to Cyrus?
Cyrus here is the shadow of another figure that God will use the bear his name to the gentle nations, there’s double meanings here and Paul was quick enough to pick up on it.
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What is the intended image of "pierced my hands and feet" in Psalm 22:16?
Many other comments in this thread have convincingly demonstrated that the key words in both Hebrew and Greek texts almost certainly refer specifically to digging and do not mean "lion" or &...
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Is there any support in the original Hebrew in Isaiah 44:20 for the NLT translation calling the person who worships idols a “poor fool”?
The NASB of Isa 44:20 gives a good literal rendering:
He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has misled him. And he cannot save
himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Note that the ...
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Is there any support in the original Hebrew in Isaiah 44:20 for the NLT translation calling the person who worships idols a “poor fool”?
I'm an amateur at Ancient Hebrew but what the OP raises is a classic difficulty with translations.
rō‘eh ’êp̄er, lêḇ hūṯal = "Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived" (YLT)
The Hebrew phrase ...
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