Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 'iysh and zakar


> Hi Dora,
>
> I think you've got the meanings reversed. "Ish" means "man" - an adult
> male - resumablly

of course, I meant "presumably"

a male who is past puberty. It never means "man and
> woman". "Zakhar" is a male of any age. So what is forbidden, is for a
"man"
> to lie with any male (child or adult).
>
> Yigal
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
> To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 6:43 AM
> Subject: [b-hebrew] 'iysh and zakar
>
>
> > In Leviticus 18 and 20, it says that an 'iysh shall not sleep with a
> zakar.
> >
> > Biggs, Meyers et al translate zakar to mean "male".
> >
> > When I printed out all of the verses that use the term zakar, it means
> > "male" person or animal.
> >
> > I have not analysed it further.   But I found it argued that in every
case
> > where 'iysh is paired with zakar, zakar refers to someone who is not yet
> an
> > adult?
> >
> > It is also questioned why the verses would specify the gender of teh
> person
> > who is slept with as with a woman, and not the person who initiates it.
> > 'iysh can mean man, or "man or woman".    Why specify the gender of the
> > second person as male but call the first person 'iysh?
> >
> > What do people here understand these words to mean, and their usage?
> >
> > Yours,
> > Dora Smith
> > Austin, Texas
> > villandra AT austin.rr.com
> >
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