To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Shebah.
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:25:41 -0400
At 03:04 PM 8/17/2002 +0200, Arek Wisniewski wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>
>In Leviticus 26:18 God said that He would punish Israel "shebah". Is it
>possible to understand (grammar alone) "shebah" as seven periods of time?
>
>Arek Wisniewski
>
>
Why? I see no reason to disagree with the usual interpretation of "seven
times [over] for your sins". What would you be gaining?
Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
U.S.A.