Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Peter,

> > The )oHeL MoW("D is called the SKHNH MARTURIOU in the LXX.  See Ex 33.7.
> But this is a mistranslation based on a misunderstanding of MW(D. 
> This word does not mean "witness" or "testimony", from the root (WD, 
> but "congregation", from the root Y(D, as was recognised by BDB.

HH: Or tent of meeting (BDB).

> The same confusion underlies the translation of ("DW.T as 
> "testimony", also used with )OHEL for the Tabernacle, and especially 
> in Psalms 19 and 119. This word is also derived from Y(D and refers 
> to something appointed by God, rather than to a witness or testimony.


HH: Is this something new?  BDB lists eduth, (DWT, under the root 
(WD, "bear witness."

                                        Yours,
                                        Harold Holmyard