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  • From: "Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: "'Steve Miller'" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>, "'Herman Meester'" <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: vernyoder AT aol.com, 'B-Hebrew' <b-hebrew AT lists.Ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 30 title: house of David vs. the house (temple)
  • Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:52:29 -0500



> > To answer your original question, I think the second option is better.
> > The reason, to me, is simply that I wonder why David's own house
> > should be "dedicated". It's not a religiously relevant building
> > ("house" in the sense "dynasty" is not the issue here). But I may be
> > wrong, would you know of any people's houses being "dedicated" (not
> > "blessed"), in Tanakh? I don't remember, but that's no guarantee.
> > regards,
>
> [Steve Miller] The references given by Peter, both in Hebrew & Aramaic,
> show you to be right, that "dedicated" refers to something religious.
>
[Steve Miller] Correction, I misused Peter's refs. They weren't meant to be
exhaustive. The word "dedicated" does refer to someone's personal house in
Deut 20:5.






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