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  • From: Numberup AT worldnet.att.net
  • To: Walter Mattfeld <mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Pi-ha-hiroth (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Akkadian)
  • Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 17:51:26 -0800


Probably Lamsa knew his topology. The Aramaic _pum hirata/hirita_
literally
translates as "entrance [mouth] of cavernous rocks," or "entrance to
the place of
cavernous rocks." I suppose that could refer to a canal, or entrance of
a canal.

Solomon Landers

Walter Mattfeld wrote:

> In studying Exodus 14:2 and Numbers 33:7-8, I note that George Lamsa's
> English translation of the Aramaic Peshitta (_Holy Bible From the Ancient
> Eastern Text_) renders the following-
>
> "...encamp by the INLET OF KHERITHA, between Migdol and the Sea, in front of
> Baal Zephon..." (Ex 14:2)
>
> "And they departed from Etham and encamped at the ENTRANCE OF HERITHA, THE
> CANAL, which is before Migdol. And they departed from THE ENTRANCE OF
> HERITHA and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness." (Nu
> 3:7-8)
>
> I recall reading somewhere that some scholars are not pleased with Lamsa's
> translations. Is he correctly tanslating the Aramaic, or is he taking
> liberties to interject his own views ? Particularly, I want to know, does
> the Aramaic really call Kheritha/Heritha "a canal" ? The LXX renders mouth
> of Iroth (mouth being stoma in Greek).
>
> Pi-ha-hiroth (pronounced in Hebrew as pee-ha-cheeroth) is usually translated
> "mouth of Hiroth," where is Lamsa getting "entrance of Hiroth" or Hiroth THE
> CANAL if it isn't in the Aramaic Peshitta ? Are there Aramaic traditions it
> was a canal ???
> ******************************




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