Timeline for Alpha and Omega. In what sense does the Lord mention them?
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| Jun 4 at 14:58 | comment | added | Iñaki Viggers | "The association is when it is used with actions of YHVH." Also that is inconsistent or arbitrary. Example: Genesis 2:9 does not prefix כל-עץ with את despite the phrase being about an action by יהוה. (Kindly include the @ with the username of whose comment you're replying, or SE would not notify that user). | |
| Jun 4 at 11:07 | comment | added | George F | I deleted my first comments | |
| Jun 2 at 19:24 | comment | added | Gina | The excerpt does not say that every use of the "אֵת" means total completeness. The association is when it is used with actions of YHVH. The OP asked why YHVH used those letters of the alphabet. The answer is directed to YHVH's use of them. | |
| Jun 2 at 18:25 | comment | added | Iñaki Viggers | The excerpt is fundamentally wrong: (1) The Tanakh is replete with phrases using את and which neither involve יהוה nor refer to "Strength of the Covenant". Examples: Genesis 4:1-2, Job 2:12, Job 3:1. (2) A sign for total completeness would appear also in other places and not just where preposition "with" or a definite, direct-object marker is to be inserted. (3) Clauses such as את-כל would result in weird emphasis and redundancies. (4) The author's theory fails in regard to the portions of the Tanakh written in Aramaic, a language that uses the same alphabet and is closely related to Hebrew. | |
| May 30 at 20:45 | comment | added | George F | I didn't have the time before I looked at your answer carefully. Very nice answer. The "fullness" as you say, that represents the first letter to the last is an ideal answer. +1 However, one observation: Hebrew letters with Greek have the same root, the same origin and meaning. | |
| May 30 at 11:26 | comment | added | Gina | They are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. The beginning and the end. The Omega is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet, & is used to mean the end or final part, or the last in position. As Revelation was written in Greek (reportedly) then John used the Greek alphabet and not the Hebrew. The meaning is still of the first & last letters. The Greek alphabet letters are different shapes & names from the Hebrew which have a different form and structure. They do not write the same. Whether we use the Hebrew Aleph -Tav or the Gr. Alpha - Omega, the concept is the same. | |
| May 30 at 10:50 | history | answered | Gina | CC BY-SA 4.0 |