Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 02:23:07 -0700 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> On 01/07/2004 22:30, david.kimbrough AT charter.net wrote:
> 
> >George,
> >
> >Ignoring the fact that only about %10 of any population 
> >will be  left-handed, ...
> >
> 
> This may be true of any general population. But left-handedness is 
> at 
> least partly hereditary. The Benjamites were a small inbred group 
> who 
> could well have had an unusually high proportion of left-handers, 
> and 
> these might have been specially chosen for training as sling men - 
> just 
> as you will find an unusually high proportion of left-handers among 
> spin 
> bowlers in cricket, and professional boxers I think.
> 
> There is of course an irony here in that Benjamin means "son of 
> right 
> hand" i.e. right-handed!
> 
___________

Peter,

Come, now.  I'm sure you know that Benjamin BiN:YfMIN meant "Southern." 
They were "rednecks."  :-)  Just kidding, all you U.S. southerners.  It
does, however, refer to the south.  The orientation when calculating
directions was toward the east so that to the "right" was the south and
)aXa:RoWN > )aXa:R"Y (behind) was west.  

george
gfsomsel
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From: "Eduard C Hanganu" <eddhanganu AT hotmail.com>
To: rosangelalira AT terra.com.br
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Re: Compound Words in Hebrew
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:27:01 -0500
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Hi!

The Hebrew word in Daniel 8:11 which was translated "daily sacrifice" in KJV 
and NIV and "regular burnt offering"in NRS is TAMID. Does TAMID cover only 
the morning-evening in the earthly sanctuary, or the evening-morning ? I 
understand TAMID to mean the round-the-clock service in the sanctuary, both 
morning-evening and evening-morning. I also understand that EREB-BOQUER in 
Daniel 8:14 refers to the same TAMID which was taken away by the little horn 
and is restored after 2300 TAMIDS - or SANCTUARY DAYS which includes the 
regular morning and evening lambs, the regular lamp burning at night, and 
everything else that happened in the Sanctuary service - the TAMID. If you 
do a search on the word TAMID in the BHS you will see that TAMID covers 
every aspect of the sanctuary service- the CONTINUAL or ROUND THE CLOCK.

As all translations are interpretations, the fact that the Septuagint and 
the Theodotion translators translated EREB-BOQUER as "DAYS" is interesting 
to note, but of little value when one attempts to understand the meaning of 
the original text.


Regards,

Eduard




From: "Lira" <rosangelalira AT terra.com.br>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Compound Words in Hebrew
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 08:05:09 -0300

Edward,



Hello.


All sanctuary procedures were spoken of as "morning-evening". The sole 
exception, which you pointed out, was the lighting of the lampstands, which 
were lit on a sunset to sunrise ("evening-morning") basis. Doing so would 
ensure that the oil would last throughout the dark hours. However, the 
continual burnt offering is never spoken of as "evening-morning", but as 
"morning-evening" (see Exodus 29:39; Leviticus 6:12-13; Num 28:4; 2 Kgs 
16:15; 1 Chron 16:40; 23:30; 2 Chron 2:4; 13:11; 31:3; Ezra 3:3).

As to the Septuagint and the Theodotion translations, of course the word 
"days" was supplied. My point was that the translators evidently interpreted 
the phrase as meaning "days", not "sacrifices".



Blessings,



Rosangela.

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