The reason for מוסבות שם is obviously the pagan nature of the
names NBO and BAAL M-ON. It appears to me that נבוכדנאצר
contains the three holy (to them, and in their way of speech) names
NBO-GAD-ASHER.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 27, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Yigal Levin wrote:
The consonantal MT text of Num. 32:38 says MWSBT $M ($=Shin). The
MT vocalization is "musabot shem", a strange phrase, which is
usually understood as "of changed names". The Septuagint says
"perikekuklomenas", which simply means "encircled" or "surrounded",
which is a possible translation of MWSBT. Your understanding of
"perikekuklomenas" as "fortified" is a matter of interpretation,
not what the Septuagint actually says.
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