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["kenneth greifer" <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

I thought Isaiah's prophecies were poetic also. In English, a lot of it 
sounds poetic.

Kenneth Greifer

> From: "biblical hebrew" <jcr.bhebrew AT gmail.com>
> To: "kenneth greifer" <greifer AT hotmail.com>
> CC: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] chalal
> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:55:12 +0100
>
> Hi,
>
> my instinctual response to your suggestion would be that most verbs can be
> used in this way - with a literal meaning or a poetically figurative usage.
> One thing to bear in mind, though, is that you quote Psalm usage which is,
> by definition, poetic and so carries a much higher probability of 
> displaying
> the kind of figurative usage you suggest.
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> On 9/9/07, kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > How do you know if Isaiah 53:5 "he is pierced from our sin" is meant
> > literally? "He is crushed from our transgressions" is not taken 
> literally.
> >
> > In Psalm 109:22 it says "my heart is wounded (pierced)" (the same verb),
> > but
> > the psalm writer was not stabbed in the heart.
> >
> > Maybe "pierced" was like "crushed" and not meant to be taken literally.
> >
> > Psalm 38:4 says the psalm writer is sick. Ps. 38:3 says G-d's arrows 
> have
> > descended into him. Maybe that would be like being pierced by suffering,
> > even though it does not say "pierced". Ps. 38:5 says the burden is too
> > heavy
> > for him. Maybe that is like being crushed by his suffering. Ps.38:14-15
> > says
> > the person is silent. This all sounds like someone who is acquainted 
> with
> > disease, crushed, pierced, and does not open his mouth like the person 
> in
> > Isaiah 53. Maybe this is how suffering was described in Biblical times.
> >
> > Kenneth Greifer
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