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[b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27

From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:00:31 +0200

Shalom All,

The phrase "Me(onah Elohey Qedem" (Deut. 33:27) is translated "The eternal
God is thy refuge" in the AV, and "He subdues the ancient gods" by NRSV, with
a note about "mythic imagery".
What is Me(onah? Ma(on is usually a "residence", so wouldn't it be "The
residence of the ancient/everlasting G/god"? I can understand how AV got from
"residence" to "refuge". Where did "subdue" come from?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Yigal

[b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Yigal Levin, 07/22/2004
- RE: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Reinier de Blois, 07/22/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Yigal Levin, 07/22/2004
    - RE: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Reinier de Blois, 07/22/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Me(onah in Deut. 33:27, Patrina, 07/22/2004
      - [b-hebrew] qedem, Noam Eitan, 07/22/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Yigal Levin, 07/22/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Jonathan D. Safren, 07/23/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Peter Kirk, 07/24/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Yigal Levin, 07/24/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] qedem, Peter Kirk, 07/24/2004