Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Moshe Shulman <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>]

At 07:45 PM 12/21/2004 -0500, Revdpickrel AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/21/2004 6:22:25 PM Central Standard Time, 
> mshulman AT ix.netcom.com writes:
> > Unfortunately that is a very non-Biblical view. Women are considered to
> > have seed. See Leviticus 12:2.
> "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived 
> seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; 
> according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be 
> unclean."  '
> mshulman,
> Lev. 12:2 does not support that a woman has a seed,  it supports that she 
> has conceived seed from a male and has become preg.  That means the little 
> swimmer has found an egg and she has become with child.  There was still a 
> man present here.
> Doug Pickrel
> Tejas Valley
> San Antonio, TX


If one interprets when translating one can make a verse mean anything. The 
word 'conceive' is not there.  The problem of the language implying the 
female having 'seed' led to a number of interesting comments by the Rabbis.



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