Far be it from me, one who lurks because I enjoy the discourse of learned men, to offer the following comment, but, Karl, doesn't your explanation just reflect another usage that someone coudl criticize much in the manner that Peter did. I mean, come on, I know that you (and even I) have a concept of "fullness", but really, who uses fullness in a sentence these days.<snip>
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Ray (back to my quiet corner of the cave) Kelley
Karl Randolph wrote:
>“Weal and woe” what do they mean?
>
>At least in Isaiah 45:7 I have a clue, weal stands for $LWM “fullness” and
woe for R( “displeasing (things)” (the opposite of +WB “pleasing (things)”)
>
>The reason I started reading Tenakh in Hebrew was because of words like
that: archaic and no longer understood.
>
>I translate Is. 45:7 thusly, “Former of light and creator of darkness, maker
of fullness and creator of displeasure, I am YHWH the one who makes all of
these.”
>
>Karl W. Randolph.
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