Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Karyn Traphagen <karyn AT birchbarkstudio.com>]

Jeffrey Niehaus has an interesting argument in this article:
“In the Wind of the Storm: Another Look at Genesis III 8.” _Vetus  
Testamentum_. 44, 2 (1994): 263-267.
He argues for a second use of _yom_ with an appeal to Akkadian evidence.

Meredith Kline has another take, defending "Spirit of the Day” (i.e.,  
of judgment), with an appeal to Isaiah 28:6 (_Images of the Spirit_.   
Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1999). He also discusses the translation of  
the phrase in his book _Kingdom Prologue_, which can be downloaded  
for free (as a PDF or Word doc) at:
http://www.twoagepress.org/books.htm

Karyn Traphagen
Westminster Theological Seminary
Philadelphia

On Mar 13, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Steve Miller wrote:

> How would you propose to translate le ruach in Gen 3:8 as Spirit? I  
> don't
> see a way to have Spirit make sense there.
>
> Thanks,
> -Steve Miller
> Detroit
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Harold Jenkerson Wrote:
> >
> > Most translations of this verse translate the Hebrew word "voice" as
> > "sound"
> > and the word "spirit" as some meteorlogical term such as "cool,"  
> > rather
> > than
> > voice and spirit.  Would it not be in keeping with the entire  
> > message of
> > the
> > Bible to keep to "voice" and "spirit"?
> >
> > To translate as such would it go against the Hebrew grammar of the  
> > verse?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Harold Jenkerson