Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 20/04/2004 00:05, Yigal Levin wrote:

> Yes, it is an Aramaic transltation of Ps. 22. Presumably, either Jesus
> himself, or whoever recorded what he said, was a native speaker of Aramaic.
> This was fairly common among first century Jews.
>
> Yigal
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <david.kimbrough AT charter.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:17 AM
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Mark 15:34, Mat 27:46, & Psalm 22
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> > Mark 15:34: "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"
> >
> > Mat 27:46 "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?"
> >
> > 22nd Psalm "Eliy, Eliy, lama azabetani" yle) yle) mh yntbz(
> >
> > The cry of Jesus on the cross as recorded by two of the
> > Gospels does not match the Hebrew in the 22nd Psalm.  I
> > have been told that Mark 15:34 is actually Aramaic, as is
> > the the second half of Mat 27:46.  Is this correct?
> >
> >    
But Mark's "Eloi" sounds more like Hebrew Elohi, suggesting that Jesus 
was misquoting Hebrew (or quoting a different Hebrew text), i.e. using a 
different word for "God", for the first half of the verse. Matthew's 
"Eli" looks like a correction to match the Hebrew better. Neither form 
is Aramaic, surely.

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