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  • From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl AT gmail.com>
  • To: robertsumner0110 AT wmconnect.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:18 "help meet"
  • Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:21:02 -0500

Robert,

You hit smack on the head a nail.

Oun Kwon,

hailing from the oriental culture.


On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:44 PM, <robertsumner0110 AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
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> I tend to think the phrase might best be understood as "to complement him,"
> something along the lines of the yin and yang concept, with the idea of the
> two creating a balanced and harmonized 'oneness.'  After all, the central
> idea, both here and later, is the essential unity that should exist between
> husband and wife.
>
>
> Robert Shannon Sumner
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
> To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 9:58 pm
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 2:18 "help meet"
>
>
> The phrase has the sense of the woman being a 'help' 'as his opposite'. In
> this particular case, the 'opposite' does not indicate an enemy or rival,
> but rather someone 'different'. When seen in light of the word 'help' I
> think we can safely say that the phrase means 'a help to match him'.GEORGE
> ATHAS




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