Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Dear all,

According to context, the word "Qanekha" obviously means "your creator" or 
"your owner", and that is how it is understood by most commentators and 
translators. However the Masoretic vocalization actually means "your reed" 
(see Rashi for an even more imaginative "your nest"). "Your creator"/"your 
owner" should be "Qonekha". Does anyone have an explanation for the Masoretic 
vocalization? And, as long as we're on the subject, why there is a dagesh in 
the Qoph?

Wishing y'all a Shanah Tovah and Gemar Hatimah Tovah,

Yigal Levin
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Jim Stineheart wrote:

I have found nothing in secular history to back up the account of the Exodus
that is set forth in the Book of Exodus.  We have voluminous Egyptian records
from all the relevant time periods, but nothing similar to the Exodus of
Hebrews recounted in the Book of Exodus.  Virtually no modern secular 
historians
believe that anything like the Exodus reported in the Book of Exodus occurred.
By sharp contrast, everything we know about the Late Bronze Age appears to
match, in my opinion, what is said in the Patriarchal narratives.  What I am
trying to do is to show that if we look at the Patriarchal narratives on 
their own
terms, instead of through the lens of the Book of Exodus, the text of the
Patriarchal narratives matches beautifully with what we know happened in the 
Late
Bronze Age.

I have not idea about what specific dates you have in mind, but when secular 
history does not match the Bible, why in the world would a believer in Jesus 
Christ opt for secular history?  Why is it that when there is a conflict with 
chronolgy, that the knee-jerk reaction of many is to find problems with the 
biblical record?  Secular history must be reviewed in light of the biblical 
chronoloy if one deems the text to be inspired, inerrant, etc.  Why would the 
Egyptians record the most devastating event in all their national history?  
Would they not have great motive to eliminate references to Joseph, Moses, 
and the Exodus?  Further, what modern secular historians believe does not 
affect the biblical record in any way... "modern historians" at one time 
thought the world was flat, "modern science" thought that scurvy was a virus 
or a bacteria.

I will take my chances with the inerrant, inspired text.

FWIW, I have a biblical chronology, available in Bibleworks timeline format, 
which starts with the anchor date of 966-965 for the fourth year of Solomon's 
reign.  Places the Exodus in 1446-1445 BC, Abraham's dates are 1950-1775 BC.  
Rather you agree or disagree, I firmly believe that these dates are 
demonstrable from the biblical texts.

Futher, Donovan Courville has pretty well demonstrated that alternate views 
of the accepted Egyptian chronology have some problems of their own.  In the 
Exodus Problem and its Ramifications, he provides a view that very much 
corresponds with biblical chronology, and places the Exodus in the 
short-lived 13th Dynasty, under Pharoah Koncharis.

I agree with the previous post that indicated that Jim's posts are long, 
convoluted at times, and seem to be advancing some unstated agenda.  If you 
are not a believer in Jesus Christ, discussion of any biblical text or 
doctrine is somewhat of a waste of time.  I Cor. 2:14.

Ron Snider
Pastor-teacher
Makarios Bible Church,
Sarasota, FL