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  • From: "UUC" <unikom AT paco.net>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 53: In his death?
  • Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 23:58:46 +0300

Dear Ben,

Using be as "when" is more than highly unusual.


Best regards,

Vadim

> B:MoTaYW in Isaiah 53:9 is a common use of the prefix B: to mean "when"
> something happened or will happen. "In his death" means "when he dies" or
> "at the time of his death". Methuselah M:TuW$aLaX can be construed to
mean
> "when I die it will happen" (namely, the Flood happened the year the
oldest of
> all died). His father Enoch was a prophet (Jude 1:14).
>
> This in Isaiah 53:9 is a prophecy of the donation of a new grave by
Joseph of
> Arimathaea in Matthew 27:57-60. The meaning of Isaiah 53:9 remained an
enigma
> until Matthew 27 explained it. At the time of the death of the Suffering
> Servant, a rich man laid him in his own very expensive tomb.
WaYYiTTeN...
> QiB:RoW means "one made his grave...". This is the impersonal "one"
meaning
> "someone or other". That someone was Joseph of Arimathaea.
>
> One cannot expect Jews who still reject Jesus of Nazareth as their
Messiah to
> accept this interpretation.
>
> Ben
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