Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yohanan Shalom b. David" <ybd_talmidtorah AT hotmail.com>]

Shalom All,

This verse should be placed in context with what is written about King David 
in Ezekiel chapters 34, and 36:

Ezekiel 34:23, 24 Then I will appoint a single shepherd over them to tend 
them -- My servant David. He shall tend them, he shall be a shepherd to 
them.  I, YHWH, will be their God, and My servant David shall be a ruler 
among them -- I, YHWH, have spoken.

Ezekiel 37:24, 25 My servant David shall be king over them; there shall be 
one shepherd for all of them. They shall follow My rules and faithfully obey 
My laws.  Thus they shall remain in the land which I gave to My servant 
Jacob and in which your fathers dwelt; they and their children and their 
children's children shall dwell there forever, with My servant David as 
their prince for all time.

When these are put into context with Micah 5:2, then we can see that this 
speaks of King David, coming forth from Bethlehem to be the one king, and 
shepherd, in the last days.

May YHWH bless and keep you!

Yohanan Shalom b. David

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Lew Osborne" <osbo AT hn.ozemail.com.au>
Reply-To: "Lew Osborne" <osbo AT hn.ozemail.com.au>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Micah 5:2
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 07:31:44 +1000

Greetings

Micah 5:2
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands
of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler
in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
In this translation the word from which forth is translated is a different
word in these two places. The second word gives the impression that it
relates at the very least to the emptying of bowels or toilets or possibly
in the context of the first section of the verse to 'birth'.

I gain the impression that it relates to many women over a long period of
time giving birth and looking for the one one who will come from Bethlehem
Ephratah.

Any comments.

Lew Osborne
osbo AT hn.ozemail.com.au



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