Biblical Hebrew Forum

[fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>]

Karl:

Thanks for your response. Never did so much turn on one word as daniel
swiftly confirms, and at least as far as the story goes.


ורבים מישני אדמת עפר יקיצו אלה לחיי עולם ואלה לחרפות לדראון עולם


daniel 12:2;  *cf*., matthew 25:46

regards,

fred burlingame




On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:09 PM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Fred:
>
>   On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:55 AM, fred burlingame 
> <tensorpath AT gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> ויהי יונה במעי הדג שלשה ימים ושלשה לילות
>>
>> jonah 1:17 excerpt
>>
>>
>> הארצ ברחיה בעדי לעולם
>>
>> jonah 2:6 excerpt
>>
>>
>> The popular and modern english translation of this three day period of
>> time,
>> and more specifically, the transliterated hebrew word  "olam," includes
>> words such as "everlasting," "eternal," "for ever," etc.
>>
>> But have the english translators failed to capture the intended and actual
>> meaning of this 7th century b.c., hebrew word as a concealed or hidden
>> period or length of time?
>>
>
> Yes.
>
> Or more accurately “unknown period of time” as Jonah at the time he made
> his prayer, did not know when it would end.
>
> Translators as a group seem to be very conservative, not varying from KJV
> or as little as possible.
>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> fred burlingame
>>
>
>  Karl W. Randolph.
>