02-13-2010, 02:17 AM
Shlama kulkoon
Michael S Hieser says the root is not NPL, to fall, but NPYL: giant.
he says that it cannot be taken as fallen ones, or it would have been spelled ???????????? (nephulim), in Genesis 6 the spelling is ?????????? and it could be vowel pointed in different ways, but is spelled elsewhere in the OT as ???????????? (numbers 13:33) and lets us know the true spelling of the word as the yod acts as the vowel, thus showing the root to be ???????? and not ??????
C.A.L under ????????
npyl n.m. giant
1 giant Jud.
2 constellation JLAtg.
3 Orion Qum, LJLA.
You can watch his presentation here, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKjOOtPvV6c&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKjOOtPv ... re=related</a><!-- m -->
its worth searching goolge video for more of his presentations by the way
Perhaps this is an example of what we have seen in the NT, that sometime they "targummed" the text for clarification, so they substituted Nephilim with Gabare on purpose to make sure people knew it was giants, not fallen ones. And as Paul says, we now have the LXX and Peshitta in agreement with the meaning of this word.
If this is correct, then it demonstrates again the great value of the Peshitta ANK in giving us the interpretation of the Hebrew OT. It is like a handbook to understanding the Old Testament. The more I see things like this the more I wonder if this great work was started by Ezra.
Sami
Michael S Hieser says the root is not NPL, to fall, but NPYL: giant.
he says that it cannot be taken as fallen ones, or it would have been spelled ???????????? (nephulim), in Genesis 6 the spelling is ?????????? and it could be vowel pointed in different ways, but is spelled elsewhere in the OT as ???????????? (numbers 13:33) and lets us know the true spelling of the word as the yod acts as the vowel, thus showing the root to be ???????? and not ??????
C.A.L under ????????
npyl n.m. giant
1 giant Jud.
2 constellation JLAtg.
3 Orion Qum, LJLA.
You can watch his presentation here, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKjOOtPvV6c&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKjOOtPv ... re=related</a><!-- m -->
its worth searching goolge video for more of his presentations by the way
Perhaps this is an example of what we have seen in the NT, that sometime they "targummed" the text for clarification, so they substituted Nephilim with Gabare on purpose to make sure people knew it was giants, not fallen ones. And as Paul says, we now have the LXX and Peshitta in agreement with the meaning of this word.
If this is correct, then it demonstrates again the great value of the Peshitta ANK in giving us the interpretation of the Hebrew OT. It is like a handbook to understanding the Old Testament. The more I see things like this the more I wonder if this great work was started by Ezra.
Sami