Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George Athas" <gathas AT globalfreeway.com.au>]

| [...]
|      THAT is the miraculous event expected by the prophet, and for this
| reason the child to be born, or already born, is to be named, or renamed,
| "God is With Us. And in view of the political-military situation obtaining
| at that moment, it must have really ben seen as a deus ex machina.
| [...]


Just going on a complete tangent, here: Do you think the "us" in the name 
Immanu-El refers
to the nation of Judah as a whole, or just to Isaiah and his band in 
contradistinction to
Ahaz and his trustless royal family? I'm curious for people's opinions and 
reasons.

Also, would a better translation perhaps be "A deity is with us"?


Best regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
(Sydney, Australia)
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