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Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6

From: Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:23:57 -0600

On Saturday 04 September 2004 21:10, Sujata wrote:
> In the JPS Bible, Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) 9:5(JPS) is
> translated as
>
> For a child is born unto us, a son is given unto us;
> and the government is upon his shoulder; and his name
> is called Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom
>
> What is the literal translation of
> Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom

In this case, I think the literal translation is "cop-out." The rendering of
the old KJV and other English translations is quite literal: wonderful
counselor, mighty God, eternal father, prince of peace. Who knows why the
JPS decided just to transliterate the Hebrew...

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Dave Washburn
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[b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Sujata, 09/04/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Dave Washburn, 09/05/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Yigal Levin, 09/05/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Maurice A. O'Sullivan, 09/14/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Kevin W. Woodruff, 09/14/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Sujata, 09/14/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Awohili, 09/05/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Karl Randolph, 09/07/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Sujata, 09/13/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Harold R. Holmyard III, 09/14/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, Maurice A. O'Sullivan, 09/14/2004
- RE: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 9:6, al cantley, 09/14/2004