Actually it was the KhVNH (often translated as "priest")that read the Scrolls not the King.
According to the TEXT Your to "HERE" the Voice of HShM. If I may offer this thought, you may be trying to bend the Torah to your way rather then you bending to the way of Torah. This is the purpose of this forum is to discuss the origins, evolution and definitions of the Ancient Hebrew alphabet and language as well as the culture of the Ancient Hebrews which is closely tied to their language. Posts shall be Related to the topics mentioned above and free from personal attacks and offensive language or content. RICH AHRC --- In [email protected], "Brooke Booth" <angl...@...> wrote: > > I hope this message gets "trimmed" from the original because there is a lot > of "stuff" @ the end that doesn't make sense & it takes up a lot of the > thread. :) > > Ok Rich, I understand your point about "seeing" the picts but don't you know > that only the King had access to the Torah? It was "read" to all Israel, but > very few people got to "see" the word picts. So that doesn't make sense > either. The words were always pronounced (from the beginning HE SPOKE) so we > should be able to "speak" them (& we all know that w/out vowels, it's > very difficult to speak...u can't say "cat" w/out a vowel & you can't say > "shema, or sh'ma, without a vowel). > > I am getting more confused by the minute. :( > > Brooke :-) >
