Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote: 
On 20/12/2004 16:53, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

>
> ..."... In both languages the original meaning was probably 
> "completeleness, fullness"; (again you'll find examples in both 
> languages)."

  To which Peter responded:
> 
Again this proves my point: the etymological or "original" meaning is 
not a good guide to current meaning.

 UH:    Not in the MT where you'll find  many examples  of the original 
meaning of ShLM   "completion"  both in verbs, e.g. 1 Kings 7:51 -- watishlam 
kol hamelakha , or nouns e.g. "shelamim" a type of sacrifice.

  Uri 

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Subject: [b-hebrew] Genesis 3:15 and order of ideas
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Gen 3:15
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and 
her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

I remember having heard when I was a child that though the chronological 
order of events is inverted (first the serpent "bruises" the woman's seed 
"heel" and then the Seed bruises the serpent head destroing it), in Hebrew 
sometimes the most important event is mentioned first, and that's why the 
order of events in this verse is inverted.
Was there any truth in that statement?

Thanks.
Sergio