Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 16:47:43 +0100 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> On 04/04/2005 16:09, Jerry Shepherd wrote:
> 
> >Good morning,
> >
> >I'm confused about something I've come across now in two different 
> posts
> >on this thread.  In an earlier post, George Somsel stated the sign 
> was
> >that " BEFORE THE CHILD IS WEANED the Assyrians will no longer be 
> a
> >power."  And now Yigal has said that the sign means that " by the 
> time
> >the child was grown, the Assyrians would be gone."  My confusion is 
> that
> >I don't see anything at all in the text that indicates a weakening 
> of,
> >or departure of, the Assyrians.  The sign, as I have always 
> understood
> >it, taught it, etc., is that Israel and Aram will be devastated by 
> the
> >Assyrians.  Assyria is very much a force and very much still 
> around.
> >What have I missed?  Thanks in advance for any replies.
> >
> >  
> >
> Presumably this is based on something like "the land of the two 
> kings 
> you dread will be laid waste (v.16, NIV). This looks like the 
> correct 
> translation of the latter part of this verse, assuming that QAC is a 
> 
> participle of QWC "loathe". But who are the two kings? In the 
> context, 
> surely the king of Assyria is not one of them, but they are Rezin of 
> 
> Aram and Pekah of Israel (v.1), whose lands were indeed laid waste 
> by 
> the Assyrians within a few years after this.
> 
> So I suspect this was George and Yigal's mistake, that they meant 
> "Arameans" rather than "Assyrians". Or maybe they are referring to 
> the 
> later sign given to Hezekiah that Jerusalem would be saved from the 
> 
> Assyrians, 38:5-7.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
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If I said Assyrians, that was indeed an error.  You are correct regarding
Rezin and Pekah.  

george
gfsomsel
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