Paul, The word appears in 2 separate DSS fragments. One says כארו and the other כר with the fragment ending after the resh.
Additionally, I don't think "like a lion my hands and my feet" makes sense. Sincerely, -Steve Miller Detroit www.voiceInWilderness.info No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Zellmer > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 7:37 PM > To: 'Antonio Garcia' > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] crackpot idea psalm 22 > > Psalm 22 is seen by the Christians on this list as being a prophetic description of > the crucifixion of Jesus. It’s interesting (at least to me) that the term that Kenneth > Greifer proposed a translation of “dug” and that others (including the Christians) > translate as “are pierced” is considered as marginal in the BHS, and only found in a > very few manuscripts. I really don’t have any good idea of the meaning of the idiom > כארי ידי ורגלי (as the lion [are] my hands and my feet), which is the generally > accepted text. But I would be very surprised if it has the meaning of digging. The > marginal texts (כרו or כארו) seems to come from כור, which appears to imply digging > a hole using a sharp implement, and not כרה, which is a more general term. > The LXX interpretation supports this distinction, again using a word which means > to dig a hole with a sharp instrument (as opposed to dig in general). > So I would agree with Kenneth’s own initial evaluation, “I don’t think it is right….” > > > > Paul Zellmer _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
