JCR: You appear to have misunderstood me in some way.
I'm not sure what you think I am saying but all I am
saying is that it is impossible to use 'Ocean', 'Sea',
'Abyss' or 'Deep' as proper nouns in English because
common English usage never uses them as such. The
insertion of the word 'the' is therefore a necessary
evil which makes the translation readable without
instantly sounding bad. The most that your observation
could prove is that hebrew had a concept with a proper
name where English does not. I hope I have explained
myself properly this time.
So anywhere that a noun doesn't have the article, it must be used
as a proper name? In that case, maybe we'd better start translating
1:1 "When the god Reshit created the heavens and the earth."
T:HOWM is no more a proper name here than XO$EK is. English
structure calls for inclusion of the article. Hebrew did not. Let's not
read more into the difference than is actually there.
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