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  • From: Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Shebah.
  • Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:25:41 -0400


At 03:04 PM 8/17/2002 +0200, Arek Wisniewski wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>
>In Leviticus 26:18 God said that He would punish Israel "shebah". Is it
>possible to understand (grammar alone) "shebah" as seven periods of time?
>
>Arek Wisniewski
>
>
Why? I see no reason to disagree with the usual interpretation of "seven
times [over] for your sins". What would you be gaining?


Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
U.S.A.



  • Shebah., Arek Wisniewski, 08/17/2002
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Shebah., Jim West, 08/18/2002
    • Re: Shebah., Charles David Isbell, 08/18/2002
    • Shebah., Shoshanna Walker, 08/18/2002
    • Re: Shebah., Shai Heijmans, 08/18/2002
    • Re: Shebah., Joe Sprinkle, 08/18/2002
    • Re: Shebah., Yigal Levin, 08/19/2002

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