[b-hebrew] The root BR)

Isaac Fried if at math.bu.edu
Wed Apr 23 16:39:15 EDT 2008


Bryan,

How do you understand BARE) of Ezekiel 21:24?

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 23, 2008, at 12:45 PM, B. M. Rocine wrote:

> Dear Yohanan,
>
> Except that parents being creators is totally foreign to biblical
> thought.  Only God creates (the Heb. root BR) ), as someone has  
> already
> pointed out.
>
> Ps 100:3 de`u ki yhwh hu' 'elohim hu' `asanu velo 'anaxnu `amo veco'n
> mar`ito
>
> Besides which Qohelet 12:1 ff. is about how good health is likely to
> deteriorate in old age.
>
> Shalom,
> Bryan
>
> Yohanan bin-Dawidh wrote:
>> *Shalom l'kulam;*
>> **
>> *I think that Sefer Qoheleth 12:1 best reads, "And remember your  
>> creators",
>> speaking of one's parents, and draws attention back to the Torah,  
>> and the
>> notion of honoring one's mother and father, so that their days go  
>> well, and
>> they have a long life.*
>> **
>> *Yohanan bin-Dawidh*
>>
>>
>
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