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  • From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: smille10 AT sbcglobal.net
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.Ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Zech 13:5
  • Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:59:07 -0400

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:32:20 -0400 "Steve Miller"
<smille10 AT sbcglobal.net> writes:
>
> Thanks Karl,
>
> Building on your translation and on Peter's previous examples of
> adam & ish
> used together, I would translate it:
> And He will say, no prophet am I, I am a noble Man, a servant of the
> ground,
> because the lowly of mankind I have been made to purchase from My
> youth.
>
> Servant of the ground signifies the lowly of mankind, whom He came
> to
> serve.
>
> The price He paid for the purchase is in the next 2 verses, 6-7.
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What in the world is that supposed to mean? I always begin with the
assumption that the text has meaning, but I see none in your
"translation."

george
gfsomsel
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