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  • From: "Michael" <michaelabernat9001 AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Exodus 22:17
  • Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:40:07 -0500

I recently read a reference to Donald Bretherton's suggestion that Exodus
22:17
מְכַשֵּׁפָה לֹא תְחַיֶּה
MK$PH L) TXYH


be translated
"A woman practicing magic must not restore to life any dead person or beast:
she will surely be put to death."

While I can see a few variations on "Do not allow a sorceress (or
necromancer) to live, I can't see how this translation makes sense.

Am I missing something?

Sincerly,

Michael Abernathy




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