Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Sujata <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>]

Here's another image of the amulet 

http://college.hmco.com/history/west/mosaic/chapter1/image50.html

Best wishes,
sujata

--- Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com> wrote:

> Jack:
> 
> Yesterday I read the NYT article which had no
> pictures, but it mentioned that the two silver
> scrollettes were written on both sides and not all
> of the writing was taken from the Bible. In the
> picture shown from Marianne‘s link in HaAretz, I
> noticed what appear to be a samech and tsada in the
> text, which indicates that this picture was not that
> of the priestly benediction as neither letter is in
> the benediction.
> 
> Like you, I‘d like to see the whole megillah, and
> with better images, this is just an apetizer.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bavno AT aol.com
> 
> > Reference Marianne's E mail about the silver
> scrolls, there is  an article  
> > in  the NY. Times  with a translation 'May the
> Lord.....' however I was unable 
> > to make sense of it, the letters do not 'tally" to
> a word, can some one 
> > enlighten me .
> > 
> > The first letter in the first line seems to be a
> resh.
> > The second a Bet.
> > the third a  Yud
> > The fourth a dalet
> > The fifth a Resh
> > The sixth I cannot figure out.(is it a second
> Century BC Resh?)
> >   Second Line. Aleph, Aleph, hey, Yud 
> > Thanks JAck G
> -- 
>
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