Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

I am sorry, but I was not aware of the fact that the thread ended.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 26, 2012, at 10:20 PM, George Athas wrote:

> No more posts, please, Isaac.
>
>
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Dean of Research,
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
>
>
> On 27/08/2012, at 5:13 AM, "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
>
> > You may well be right, except that "the ancients" are not the authors
> > of the
> > Hebrew bible. As I understand it, XUG is 'arch, vault', referring to
> > the overhead sky.
> >
> > In 2Ch. 4:2 we find written:
> > ויעש את-הים מוצק עשר באמה משפתו אל
> > שפתו עגול סביב
> > וחמש באמה קומתו וקו שלשים באמה יסב אתו
> > סביב
> >
> > "Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
> > round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits;
> > and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about"
> >
> > Here, עגול סביב AGOL SABIYB evidently means a complete circle,
> > evenly bent all around, in the true geometrical sense of the word,
> > and with Pi, the ratio circumference/diameter, given as 3.
> >
> > Etymologically, עגול AGOL is a variant of AKOL עקול (Hab. 1:4
> > and Is. 27:1),
> > and עקלקל AKALKAL (Judges 5:6), 'bent, crooked'. Also of GAL,
> > 'mound, wave'.
> >
> > SBB סבב is a variant of צב CB and צבב CBB, 'pile up, swell'.
> >
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
> >
> > On Aug 26, 2012, at 10:34 AM, Cliff Moody wrote:
> >
> > > I fail to see why the ancients couldn't look at the moon, observe
> > > the phases
> > > replete with monthly crescents (as well as occasional lunar
> > > eclipses), and
> > > not be able to conclude that the moon is a sphere as opposed to a
> > > flat disk,
> > > and by association, conclude that the sun and earth, also
> > > celestrial bodies,
> > > were spherical. Does that seem so far fetched?
> >
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