10-30-2013, 03:37 PM
Thirdwoe Wrote:All things considered, it seems to me then that "why have you spared me?" with the meaning of why am I still alive on this Cross? or perhaps "why have you left me?" with the meaning being, why have you left me here on the Cross this long?....and then could both may be valid options that works in translation... Or, is "why have you spared me?" the only one that will work?
I agree that the English word "forsaken" is a poor choice, and should not be used, but "left me" and "spared me", seems to be saying the same thing, if the meaning is understood to be saying, why is this taking so long, and not, why did you leave me here alone?.... Yet, "left me" could have another meaning in English, which would amount to asking why The Father had left Him or departed from Him, which doesn't seem likely, all things considered.
"Why have you spared me?" could be the best translation over all, then. Thanks for all your help...it has always bugged me, like so many others who have read the "forsaken" versions.
Shlama Akhi,
Yes, that is the reason why I chose to break rank with the majority and translate into the English "spared" - because it carries none of the excess baggage that the English "left" can. English "spare" is the shade of meaning of English "left" that I felt most closely mirrored the Aramaic contextually. "Why have You left Me [on this Cross]?" is a good understanding of it.
"Left" as in the "left" of Exodus 23:5, Leviticus 23:22, Ruth 2:16, Job 39:14, 1 Kings 21:21, Isaiah 18:6, etc.
Job 39:14 - "She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust."
These passages have the same root as Psalm 22.
+Shamasha