Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Shoshana,

All I say is that SLIXAH, 'forgiveness', never appears in the Hebrew  
bible as an act between men.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 22, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Shoshanna Walker wrote:

> That is only true for sins between man and G-d, not for sins between
> man and man - man has to forgive those.
>
> Shoshanna
>
>
> All,
>
> Now the the Jewish holiday of yom kippur, the day of atonement, is
> over it is worth recalling that the root SLX, and the derived word
> SLIXAH, 'forgiveness', pertains in the Hebrew bible to a divine act
> only. Only God can perform the act of SLIXAH. It is not in the power
> of one man to forgive another man.
> In Jeremiah 5:1
> שׁוֹטְטוּ בְּחוּצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם
> וּרְאוּ-נָא וּדְעוּ וּבַקְשׁוּ
> בִרְחוֹבוֹתֶיהָ אִם-תִּמְצְאוּ
> אִישׁ אִם-יֵשׁ עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּט
> מְבַקֵּשׁ אֱמוּנָה וְאֶסְלַח, לָהּ
> "Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and
> know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if
> there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I
> will pardon it" [KJV],
> is, in my opinion, also God's words.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
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