Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

Since you, Yohanan, are yourself a "Ben David", you are of course right.
Lew's question was about the grammar, not the larger context.

Yigal

At 07:16 PM 10/22/2002 -0500, Yohanan Shalom b. David wrote:
>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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