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[Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com>]

Anashim rekim is the term used for some of Davids followers.




On Tuesday, August 28, 2012, Yigal Levin wrote:

> Hello all,
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> According to Abijah's speech in 2 Chr. 13:7, Jeroboam was joined by אנשים
> רקים בני בליעל, which I would translate literally as "empty men, sons of no
> worth". The KJV, following the Vulgate, translates "vain men, the children
> of Belial". More modern translations have "worthless scoundrels" (NRSV),
> "riffraff and scoundrels" (NJPS) and the like.
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> However the LXX has,  <http://lexicon.katabiblon.com/?search=??????>
> ἄνδρες  <http://lexicon.katabiblon.com/?search=??????> λοιμοὶ  <
> http://lexicon.katabiblon.com/?search=????> υἱοὶ  <
> http://lexicon.katabiblon.com/?search=?????????> παράνομοι. "Paranomoi",
> "lawless", or "outlaw" for "beli-ya'al" I get. But where does "lomoi",
> "pestilent", come from? How does that translate "reqim"?
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> Thank you and excuse the cross-posting.
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> Yigal Levin
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> Department of Jewish History
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> Bar-Ilan University
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