Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Tory Thorpe <torythrp AT yahoo.com>]

Karl:

When we read from the TaNaK we are not translating
into English.
The art does not apply when the brain is already wired
for
Hebrew; but "words", "utterances," "statements" are
permissible 
translations of DBR. There are not ten commandments,
so the 
variant numbering has nothing to do with a so-called
rabbinic 
misunderstanding of the Hebrew word.

Tory Thorpe 


--- K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Tory:
> 
> Actually, the word DBR has no exact equivalent in
> English; possibly
> the closest being "expression" which can be done
> either through
> actions or utterances.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
> 
> On 1/25/07, Tory Thorpe <torythrp AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > You mean ten "words".
> >
> > Tory Thorpe
> >
>