Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Hi,

2009/9/24 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

> James:
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 6:25 AM, James Christian
> <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:
>
> > Thanks Karl. What do you think about the force of the use of Elohim in
> the
> > creation account? Do you see it used as a proper name as I do? I've been
> > thinking of preserving this by not translating the name such that we get
> > sentences like:
> > 'In the beginning Elohim made the...'
> >
> > James Christian
> >
> >
> > No, I still see it as a title, not a proper name.
>
> That it was even then considered a title can be seen in the closing verse
> of
> the section, 2:4, where the proper name, YHWH, was included with the title,
> and in the next section, 2:5–5:2 all mentions had both name and title.
>
>
Ok. So you see יהוה אלהים as a formula something like King George where
George is the name and King is the title. But wouldn't you agree that, even
in English, titles can be used with the force of a name?

Lord: Go and make me some tea.
Servant: Yes Lord.

Teacher: Turn to page 46
Pupil: Yes sir.

Queen: Gordon.
Gordon Brown: Yes, your majesty.

James Christian


> Karl W. Randolph.
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