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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: Awohili AT aol.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Daniel 6:27 (time indefinite) II
  • Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:06:30 +0000

On 14/11/2005 16:24, Awohili AT aol.com wrote:


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"I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever [l'olam]: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God." -- Jonah 2:6 KJV

In this occurrence, "forever" lasted for only three days.


Thank you for putting forward an example of non-eternal `olam. But surely the point here was that Jonah thought that this was indeed forever, i.e. that he was dead, that he was in Sheol itself (v.2), the eschatological pit (shaxat, v.6, mistranslated "corruption" in KJV) - until his miraculous deliverance.

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Peter Kirk
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