Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jerry Shepherd <jshepherd53 AT gmail.com>]

Hi Mike,

 

It seems to me that you are trying to achieve a level of pedantic precision that is probably unattainable.  Also, you seem to indicate by your use of the word "contain" that all occurrences of the word in question "contain" all the possible nuances of the word.  The Hebrew word only occurs five times and seems to mean something like "complete, utter, absolute," etc.  The Latin term, I'm sure Barry could tell us, occurs much more often in the entire Latin corpus and has a much larger range of suggested meanings and nuances; nevertheless, no single occurrence of the Latin term will "contain" all the possible meanings.

 

Blessings,

 

Jerry

 

 Jerry Shepherd

Taylor Seminary

Edmonton, Alberta

jshepherd53 AT gmail.com