George: On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 9:36 PM, George Athas <[email protected]>wrote:
> Ishinan wrote: > > > THE FIRMAMENT IS AN OPEN SPACE NOT A SOLID MATTER > > > > Gen 1:20 And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantly the > > moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the > > earth in the OPEN firmament of heaven. > > Actually, this is not correct. You've mistranslated the Hebrew expression > עַל־פְּנֵ֖י רְקִ֥יעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם. The expression is literally "over the > surface of the firmament of the sky". In particular, the expression > עַל־פְּנֵ֖י implies something that has a surface. > Genesis 11:28 Haran died ”upon the face” of Terakh. Genesis 16:12 “…and he will dwell upon the face of all his brothers.” Genesis 23:3 “Abraham rose from upon the face of his dead…” Genesis 23:19, 25:9, 18, 32:22 (21 in English), 49:30, Exodus 20:3, Leviticus 10:3, Numbers 3:4, 21:11, 33:7 and many other verses indicate that עַל־פְּנֵ֖י doesn’t necessarily imply something that has a surface. It refers to “before” both spatially and time, also “among”, “in the presence of”, “next to” hence Genesis 1:20 can be correctly translated as “flying animals (not limited to birds) flying in the expanse of the sky” > > … > > GEORGE ATHAS > Dean of Research, > Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) > Sydney, Australia > > > Karl W. Randolph. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
