Question about Aramaic word, mulkana

[gbausc]

Shlama Akhi Yaakub,

Well, mulkana can be mean "promise" or "declaration", but it can't be translated "declaration" and still mean "promise".
A promise is a declaration, but a declaration is not necessarily a promise. It could be simply a statement of fact.

What God gave to Abraham was more than a declaration of fact; it was a promise.

Make sense?


Dave Bauscher