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Does "poetic grammar rules" of Hebrew allow Psalm 82:1b to be translated as "God stands up in community this, here is God, He is to judge"?
Psalm 82:1b
KJV | God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
YLT | God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.
ESV | God has taken his place in ...
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What is really meant by “logomachia” in the Greek - 1 Timothy 6:4
Hello brother and sisters,
I was just doing a study of 1 Timothy 6:4, and when looking at the translation in the English (KJV) for “disputes about words”, the Greek is “logomachia”.
The translation ...
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Which reading of Genesis 2:9 is the most reasonable?
Genesis 2:9, YLT:
9 and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of ...
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Idiom and simile in Gen 3:19: בְּזֵעַ֤ת אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ תֹּ֣אכַל
Genesis 3:19
**בְּזֵעַ֤ת אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ תֹּ֣אכַל לֶ֔חֶם עַ֤ד שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ כִּֽי־עָפָ֣ר אַ֔תָּה
וְאֶל־עָפָ֖ר תָּשֽׁוּב׃
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Is Luke 4:8 enjoining to "worship and serve" or serve only
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. - Luke 4:8 (KJV)
I have heard it asserted that ...
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In Leviticus 14:34 could 'natatiy' mean "allow"?
Leviticus 14:34 NASB95:
When you enter the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession,
"I put," is Hebrew '...
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Is the Oath Formula "By the Life of Pharaoh" Attested Anywhere outside of Biblical Literature?
In Genesis 42:15-16, Joseph swears "by the life of Pharaoh." I have searched unsuccessfully for the occurrence of this oath formula elsewhere in the literature of the Ancient Near East. Can ...
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Ezra 2:11 - does the name Bebai (אָב) signify fatherly?
בְּנֵ֣י בֵבָ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ות עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ ס
Gesenius' lexicon says that bāb signifies father in Pehlvi (p.111) https://archive.org/details/hebrewenglishlex00geserich/page/110/mode/2up. ...
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Are there any passages in the OT where the grammar is simplified to help children learn to read and write? (and speak!)
This is about both the Ancient Hebrew and the Septuagint, across the widest area and the longest timespan.
I'm terribly underpowered in anything to do with history, but I know that archaeology ...
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Is ἐπιούσιον the only neologism in the gospel? And is there any p/d list of neologisms in the NT? And the LXX?
(neologisms are only a subset of hapax-legomena but it seemed the best tag)
Apologies if I've misDuckDuckGo'd this, or should find out for myself with a Lexicon and a biro.
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Gospel of Thomas Log.13 - three words in Coptic or Greek or something else?
Referring to the (non-canonical/tertiary) Gospel of Thomas Log 13.6 (or 83.8):-
He spoke three words to him. (Brill, 1959).
https://www.gospel-thomas.net/keywords/Lnn_all.htm#L013
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Origin of names Jannes and Jambres
2 Timothy 3:8 mentions two men who opposed Moses. Extra biblical literature associates these two as Pharaoh’s magicians during the Exodus narrative. Is there any research or other evidence toward the ...
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2 Thessalonians 2:8-9 - After/According to OR Against the Working of Satan?
The Scripture in Question
2 Thessalonians 2:8-9 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: [...
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Why does Lamech speak of himself using the third person? (Genesis 4:23-24)
Genesis 4:23-24 NKJV
23 Then Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have killed a man for wounding me, Even a young man for hurting
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Why is "was" inserted into English translations of Genesis 2:9?
Almost all the English translations of Genesis 2:9 make a break between the trees for food and the other two trees, often inserting "was." Compare the translations from KJV and NKJV, which ...
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