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  • From: Revdpickrel AT wmconnect.com
  • To: dwashbur AT nyx.net, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Leviathan
  • Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:30:20 EDT

In a message dated 7/16/2006 9:08:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
dwashbur AT nyx.net writes:


> > I agree 100 percent that Leviathan illustration is a metaphor, no
> question
> > about that. He certainly is not a great sea monster. Leviathan means
> "one who
> > dwell among the sea of humanity," not the seas where monsters live.
>
> What's your source for this definition? Rochelle has said several times
> that it's not a
> Hebrew word and nobody has challenged that, so I assume she's correct, plus
> it doesn't

Howdy Dave,

My source for the meaning of Leviathan (one who dwell among the sea of
humanity) was posted earlier. I case you missed it:
The late Louis Gensburg, past president of the NY Jewish Theological
Seminary, and author, "LEGENDS OF THE BIBLE." There were six volumes, all
but this
volume was in German.

I don't know if its Hebrew or not. Holman's Bible Dictionary say it means
"coiled."

Doug.
Rev. Doug Pickrel, Litt.D.
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, Texas




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