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Correct translation
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ograabe Wrote:I just made an observation because it seems that Lamsa was somewhat consistent in these texts that he translated decades apart.

Otto

Shlama Akhi Otto:
No doubt that Dr. Lamsa was consistent but it still remains that the word is the very same as in Exodus and Leviticus. All I'm saying is that the Hebrew came first and when this word was first translated it was translated into Aramaic in the Peshitta AN"K. The book of Revelation followed much later.
Any translation straddles the fine line between paraphrase and literal. It's true that not all words and phrases can be translated literally, especially when the original language contains "idioms". Unless it can be established that the original phrase can only mean cancer then room must be made for circumstantial variations on the precise meaning. In the case of ?????????????? ?????????????? isn't it sound to defer to the origin of the word and phrase? The word ?????????????? shares its root with the Hebrew "shakhan". This word, which is translated in the KJV as "boil" is found in Exodus 9:9-11, Exodus 9:11 (pleural), Leviticus 8:31, 13:18-20, 23, II Kings 20:7, Isaiah 38:21 and Job 2:7. The word "shakhan" does not mean "cancer" in all of the listed occurences. Leprosy is not the same as melanoma. Melanoma is not always visible on the skin. However, leprosy and boils do. It's not to say that the word cannot mean cancer/melanoma but it does not always mean cancer. So, in spite of Dr. Lamsa's "consistency" it stands to reason that there may be other translations and still be consistent to the context.

Shlama,
Stephen
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Correct translation - by sean - 11-12-2008, 10:05 AM
Re: Correct translation - by Stephen Silver - 11-12-2008, 07:20 PM
Re: Correct translation - by sean - 11-12-2008, 08:30 PM
Re: Correct translation - by Stephen Silver - 11-12-2008, 08:47 PM
Re: Correct translation - by Doug - 11-13-2008, 12:46 PM
Re: Correct translation - by Stephen Silver - 11-13-2008, 05:47 PM
Re: Correct translation - by ograabe - 11-13-2008, 09:58 PM
Re: Correct translation - by Stephen Silver - 11-14-2008, 12:41 AM
Re: Correct translation - by ograabe - 11-14-2008, 05:18 PM
Re: Correct translation - by Stephen Silver - 11-14-2008, 06:04 PM

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