Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jason Hare <jhronline AT yahoo.com>]

> Can
> amen, and especially aman, mean pledging into a
> covenant? Does emunah point only to trust and
> belief,
> or is the meaning broader? I am aware of the
> definition of emunah as faithfulness; but does it
> also
> have a distinct relation to the making and keeping
> of
> covenants? Also, why did this respondent give khesed
> as a word that defines faith?

Well, personally, when I think of EMUNAH, the 13
Articles come to mind (Ani ma'amin be'emunah shleimah
she/b'-...). I would assume that this is *at least*
mental assent, but would suggest that it is something
more. I'm not sure about its extent, but I'm sure that
someone else on the list would be able to demonstrate
it better.

As for my reasoning in including KHESED as part of my
asnwer to "faith"... Here is the last part of the
question as posed by Carie:

> Is there one word that is
> particularly associated with the bond made between
> Moses (and Jews) and G-d on Mt. Sinai?

Khesed is the covenant loyalty/faithfulness that
was/is shown by G-d to Israel. This was in answer to
this portion of the question. Of course, Khesed does
*not* refer to mental assent, to what we would refer
to as "faith" or "belief."

Regards,
Jason

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Does anybody know of any good bibliographies (in English) about Abraham =
Ibn Ezra and David Kimchi?
Thanks,
Nick Lunn
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Hello, all. Here's a question for you, that I am having a bit of trouble 
getting information on. I have heard of the contention that at Judges 4:18, 
some Hebrew manuscripts have the tetragrammaton instead of "adoni," the 
Hebrew word for "lord." (A similar assertion is made of Ruth 2:13 and 1 Kings 
18:11.) My question to you all is, what mss contain the Divine Name and what 
textual criticisms can be made of it? Sincerely, Hal.

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On Fri 25 Apr 2003 (20:32:02), jwdefender17 AT yahoo.com wrote:
> I have heard of the contention that at Judges 4:18, some Hebrew
> manuscripts have the tetragrammaton instead of "adoni," the Hebrew word
> for "lord." (A similar assertion is made of Ruth 2:13 and 1 Kings
> 18:11.) My question to you all is, what mss contain the Divine Name and
> what textual criticisms can be made of it?

 Dear Hal,

 According to the app: crit: in the BHS, the Greek LXX 'GMS' has YHWH in
 Judges 4:23 instead of 'a:LoHiYM. Verse 18 about which you enquire has
 no footnote in Kittel's App: Crit:.

 My copy of the LXX (Brenton) has KURIE MOU for 'aDoNiY in verse 18.
 The normal qere perpetuum for the Divine Name is a:DoNaY, pointed with
 pathach under the nun, not 'a:DoNiY with hireq. The latter is the noun
 'aDoN with the normal 1ms pronominal suffix.

 The representation of the Divine Name, the tetragrammaton, in the LXX is
 done in several ways. In some MSS the Hebrew teragrammaton appears; in
 some its Greek transliteration IABH (giving us a key to its probable
 phonetic pronunciation); but in the vast majority the Greek noun KURIOS
 appears for YHWH.

 In Judges 4:18 Sisera is respectfully called "my lord". Clearly the use of
 the Divien Name here is an error, were it perpetrated in the manner you
 describe.

 Shalom
 Ben
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