Hello Gary: Thanks for the information.
But the question persists. Does the phrase עד עולם mean "forever" as attested by the niv committee in this verse? http://www.biblestudytools.com/1-chronicles/23-13.html regards, fred burlingame On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Hedrick Gary <[email protected]> wrote: > I changed the subject line because we're straying from the original topic. > > Please check the archives for previous discussions regarding the range of > meaning of עולם > > It can indeed mean forever in some contexts, like when it describes God > himself (we can be relatively certain that El Olam doesn't mean "Temporary > God"). In other contexts, though, it means a relatively long time (as in the > case of a slave who commits to remain with his owner "forever"). In still > other contexts, it connotes, very simply, indefinite duration. > > Here's a link to one archived discussion thread: > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-hebrew/2009-February/037249.html > > Again, translation is a game of contexts—and also, to some extent, > preconceptions. > > Gary Hedrick > San Antonio, Texas USA > > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
