09-26-2008, 04:58 AM
Shalom to all,
this is only my first post, but i have been lurking in the shadows of the unregistered off and on for a while now, so i feel like i know some of you! <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->
anyhow, my question is one i recently posted on another Peshitta forum that apparently isn't getting much traffic, so i thought i'd break new ground and try providence here.
I have a question about the pronunciation of the name "Reuven" in the list of the 144,000 in the book of Gilyana (Revelation) 7:5.
the Aramaic reads his name as being "Ruvel."
the presence of the lomadh stood out obviously as opposed to the normal ending of a nun during my reading of the text. being the only time his name appears in the New Covenant, I didn't have anything on-hand to compare it with.
my question is whether this is a scribal error or merely standard pronunciation of Reuven's name in Aramaic? i know we see variations of spelling/pronunciation in the Hebrew TaNaK from time to time, ie, Nemu'El/Yemu'El, Yoseph/Yehoseph, Yitzhaq/Yitzshaq, and so on, so i was wondering what the issue is on this one from the Peshitta...
any help would be much appreciated!
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
this is only my first post, but i have been lurking in the shadows of the unregistered off and on for a while now, so i feel like i know some of you! <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->
anyhow, my question is one i recently posted on another Peshitta forum that apparently isn't getting much traffic, so i thought i'd break new ground and try providence here.
I have a question about the pronunciation of the name "Reuven" in the list of the 144,000 in the book of Gilyana (Revelation) 7:5.
the Aramaic reads his name as being "Ruvel."
the presence of the lomadh stood out obviously as opposed to the normal ending of a nun during my reading of the text. being the only time his name appears in the New Covenant, I didn't have anything on-hand to compare it with.
my question is whether this is a scribal error or merely standard pronunciation of Reuven's name in Aramaic? i know we see variations of spelling/pronunciation in the Hebrew TaNaK from time to time, ie, Nemu'El/Yemu'El, Yoseph/Yehoseph, Yitzhaq/Yitzshaq, and so on, so i was wondering what the issue is on this one from the Peshitta...
any help would be much appreciated!
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy