[b-hebrew] chalal-perforate/pierce?

michaelabernat9001 at sbcglobal.net michaelabernat9001 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Sep 5 23:56:56 EDT 2007


Shoshanna,
You said, "Chalal means (empty) space."
While that is one definition of the word I found in my Hebrew dictionaries/lexicons, they also include the definition pierce, to bore through. I can understand how the basic meaning pierce can also carry the idea of wounding as most versions of Isaiah 53:5 translate this or how this could also come to mean an empty space. How would you translate Isaiah 53:5 assuming the meaning of Chalal in this instance is "empty space"?
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy


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