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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Detained before the LORD 1 Sam 21: 7/8
  • Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 05:55:07 -0500

Brian:

My initial reaction is that this does not refer to a physical restraint, as
in imprisonment, rather it is one of duty or worship. The Bible leaves us
with tantilizingly few details.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian & Laureen Powell <PowellBrian AT omf.net>

> Greetings all.
>
> In this verse (7 in English, 8 in Hebrew), Doeg the Edomite was said to
> be 'detained before the LORD'. Detained here is NE(:CFR. Correct me if I
> am wrong, but this looks like the Niphal of (FCAR.
>
> Translations and commentaries in English vary on what this means. Some
> suggest he was forcibly restrained (ie. some kind of imprisonment),
> whilst others suggest that he had some kind of religious obligation that
> was keeping him there, or perhaps he was ritually unclean so could not
> perform whatever religious ceremony he had intended to do, so was
> waiting for the time when he would have been considered clean again.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this for me?
> Thanks
>
> Brian
>
> --
>
>
> Brian Powell
>
> Bible Translator
> Philippines
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