Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Fred:

There’s a further problem with your “translation”, namely the meanings of
the words.

שלום actually has the meaning of “fullness”.

רע has the meaning of that which is displeasing, and not all that is
displeasing is evil.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:05 PM, fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Yigal:
>
> Sorry ...
>
> I wasn't trying to suggest in my post, what you perhaps imply that I was
> stating: aka "God evil." But I can see how my post might be construed that
> way.
>
> I was trying to suggest, what your translation of the remainder of the
> verse
> implies (taken as a whole with the other part of the verse i quoted): aka
> that the verse recites in english translation: "God creates both good and
> evil."
>
> So, yes, it is better to reproduce the entire verse.
>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame
>