From ougaritique AT yahoo.fr Tue Mar 3 14:25:06 2009Return-Path: <ougaritique AT yahoo.fr>
From kwrandolph AT gmail.com Tue Mar 3 16:44:55 2009Return-Path: <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Karl:ed, it
You wrote: =E2=80=9CWhere )BL, alternate spelling )WBL, is clearly defin=
refers to al,
watercourse, such as an irrigation ditch or stream bed. It has nothing to
do
with pastureland (except to water it). With this being the case, your
equation makes no sense.=E2=80=9D
The word )WBL, and its variant )BL, only appear in the late Book of Danie=
and they are talking about a river way out in Mesopotamia. Daniel 8: 2,ace
3, 6 Most scholars do not see this word as being the same as )BL that is
used 12 times in the Bible as the first word in Canaanite geographical pl=
names.related to YBL,
)WBL and its shortened form )BL, meaning =E2=80=9Criver=E2=80=9D, may be =
which means =E2=80=9Cwatercourse=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cstream=E2=80=9D. I=saiah 30: 25; 44: 4
a
By sharp contrast, the Canaanite word )BL is not talking about a river or=
stream, but rather is talking about =E2=80=9Cexcellent pastureland=E2=80==9D or =E2=80=9Cmeadow=E2=80=9D,
such as Abel-Beth-Maacah or the Sorek Valley. That Canaanite word )BL ise
the same as the Egyptian letters JBR, which reference the Elah Valley, th=
Sorek Valley, the Aijalon Valley, and Abel-Beth-Maacah on the Thutmosis I=II
list. JBR/)BL is referencing a meadowland, not a river.
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois
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