Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Before lambasting an author's use of "weal and woe", two perfectly good 
English words, we should remember that this is POETRY.  It is appropriate to 
the 
genre to seek out words which may not be in everyone's day-to-day vocabulary 
but 
create a very euphonious assonance.

If however we are aiming for a simple rendering, I would suggest:
"  Forming light and creating darkness;
   Producing well-being and creating harm; 
   I am [You-know-who] Who produces all of these."


In a message dated 7/31/2003 4:37:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jwest AT highland.net writes:

> Further, what other occurences of r'a would merit
> such a rendering?  "evil" or "wickedness" seem to be the standard
> understanding