Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

John:

"Opposite" or "against"? Could you be more specific?

Does this context not picture two people working together, while
facing each other? Hence "in front of" each other?

Karl W. Randolph.

On 7/26/07, Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com> wrote:
>  So from what I get from all this is that the word NGD is like the word $M
>  Just as $M has two distict meanings dependent on how it is used ("there"
> and "name") so does NGD
Even these words can have a connection, as one 'places' a person by
his name, both being from the same root as #YM to place.

>  I now have another question regarding this word:
>
>  When it is first used in Genesis in the context of Eve I was always taught
> that it meant "opposite" or "against".
>  I have never heard that it meant "in front of".
>  So could someone please explain how the idea of "in front of" fits in that
> passage?
>
>  By the way, I appreciate all the input received thus far!
>
>
>  B"H
>  John Steven
>
>  "If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you
> behave."
>  -Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
>
>
>  K Randolph wrote:
>  John:
>
> I do not list "against" or "opposite" as possible meanings for NGD as
> those have connotations that go beyond the meaning of the Hebrew word
> (a translator may use those terms when he thinks it will make for a
> smoother English rendition, but a strict literal meaning is "before,
> in front of").
>
> Karl W. Randolph.