Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Eduardo M. Acuna" <eacuna AT mail.giga.com>]

> On 07-03-2001 19:56 Eduardo M. Acuna <eacuna AT mail.giga.com> wrote:
> 
> >> -snip-
> >> The direct address of Immanuel in 8:8 encourages the idea that he is not
> >> just an anonymous child used in a functional way.
> >> -snip-
> > I would like to draw your attention to the fact that Immanuel is written
> > in 8:8 and 7:14 as Immanu El (two words vs one word); that is, there is no
> > name. The two words express that God with us is precisely what it says:
> > God in personna will be among us. The Incarnation.
> 
> Incarnation? That is rather criptic with regard to Isaiah 7-9.
> 
I agree. Isaiah 7:9 links with Isaiah 8:8 as the commentator in the Tanakh
(JPS. 1999 edition) shows in the footnote for Isaiah 7:9, in page 859.
It is not criptic for Isaiah 7:14.
Eduardo.