Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

“Weal and woe” what do they mean?

At least in Isaiah 45:7 I have a clue, weal stands for $LWM “fullness” and 
woe for R( “displeasing (things)” (the opposite of +WB “pleasing (things)”)

The reason I started reading Tenakh in Hebrew was because of words like that: 
archaic and no longer understood.

I translate Is. 45:7 thusly, “Former of light and creator of darkness, maker 
of fullness and creator of displeasure, I am YHWH the one who makes all of 
these.”

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: CS Bartholomew <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>

> On 7/31/03 10:44 AM, "Jim West" <jwest AT highland.net> wrote:
> 
> > Recall the Psalm, "I
> > make weal and woe, says the Lord".
> 
> Is. 45:7 I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe, I am
> the LORD, who do all these things.
> 
> RSV
> 
> 
> 
> 
> greetings,
> Clay Bartholomew 
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