Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Jason:

They are nearly identical?

‏Jeremiah 23:5: הנה ימים באים נאם־יהוה והקמתי לדוד צמח צדיק ומלך מלך והשׂכיל
ועשׂה משׁפט וצדקה בארץ׃
‏Jeremiah 23:6: בימיו תושׁע יהודה וישׂראל ישׁכן לבטח וזה־שׁמו א‍שׁר־יקראו
יהוה ׀ צדקנו׃

‏Jeremiah 33:6: הנני מעלה־לה ארכה ומרפא ורפאתים וגליתי להם עתרת שׁלום ואמת׃

The quotes above are from copy and paste from MacSword WLC. Did you give the
wrong numbers somewhere?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Personally, I do not take this as a reference to a name of Messiah.
> Jer 33:6 is nearly identical to 23:6. There the word LW (לו) is
> replaced with LH (לה). If the one is a reference to Messiah, why not
> the other?
> Rather, Jer 23:6 is masculine, referring to Israel -- in the same way
> that in 33:6 it is feminine, referring to Jerusalem. The two verses
> are saying the same thing, and neither is talking about Messiah's
> name.
>
> Best regards,
> Jason Hare
> Rehovot, Israel
>
>