Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karen" <haemeth AT hcsmail.com>]

Hello,

I am new to this list and new to the study of biblical Hebrew and Greek.

I beg pardon if I am ignorant, however, my question is about the appropriate 
usage/meaning of the word ECHAD in Deut. 6:4.

Does this mean the number "one" or the concept of "unity".  Please, explain 
why.


Thank you,
Karen Terrones
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Sujata:

)BY (D

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: 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.
> >
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