Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Andronic Khandjani <andronicusmy AT gmail.com>]

Uzi,
Thanks.
How you will render Elohim? Why the governing verb is singular?

I think that we must consider Elohim as singular even HE speaks to Angels. I
would maintain the monotheism of the author.

Firouz Khandjani
2011/10/28 Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com>

> Andronic
>
> Elohim is a plural, so 'echad me eemanu', would make sense. much like
> the earlier passgae that says that man would be made 'be tzalmeynu'
>
> Uzi Silber
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Andronic Khandjani
> <andronicusmy AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > We usually renders Genesis 3:22 by "" Behold, the man is become as one of
> > us, to know good and evil", a targum translates mimenou by "by himself"
> and
> > the mim and the lam may suggest some motion. Mim may suggest subtraction
> and
> > lam adhesion.  Eva is not even mentioned but only Adam.
> >
> > Is it possible that k'ehad refer to the unity of Genesis 2.24, if so Adam
> > refers here to the humanity and we may render the verse like this:
> > "The human became as one by their own initiative through the knowledge of
> > good and evil"?
> > .
> > Firouz Khandjani
> >
> >
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