Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>]

Thanks!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karyn Traphagen
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:30 PM
> To: b-hebrew
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 3.8
> 
> 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
> 
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