Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Sujata <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>]

Dear Karl,
Thank you so much for this beautiful translation.
Could you please tell me the hebrew phrase that you
translated to "Father of Time "

Thanks and God Bless,
Sujata
--- Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com> wrote:

> Sujata:
> 
> This verse is not the easiest to translate, but here
> are a few random thoughts I have had on the subject.
> 
> First of all, this is not a given name, rather
> “name” is used in its broader sense to include fame
> or recognition, i.e. what the person is like.
> 
> >From the Masoritic pointing, we have a string of
> eight nouns, only the fourth one could be an
> adjective. There are other examples in Tanakh of
> strings of nouns (often proper nouns = names).
> 
> A literal translation of each noun has: miracle,
> counsellor, God, hero (or mighty one), father, eon,
> prince, fullness (often translated as “peace”).
> 
> I read this as two intersperced groups of three
> attributes: Miracle (supernatural), Counsellor
> (human), God (supernatural), Hero (human), Father of
> Time (supernatural), Prince of Fullness (human).
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sujata <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>
> 
> > 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
> > 
> > Thanks for the help.
> > 
> > Best wishes,
> > Sujata
> -- 
>
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