05-05-2009, 05:42 PM
Shlama Akhay,
My apologies, it pays to check the actual Peshitta OT text before I speak. While the Aramaic "Nepele" is indeed the cognate of the Hebrew "Nephilim" (for "fallen ones"), the Peshitta OT (and the Targums Onkelos, Neofiti, Yonathan) use the word "Ganbare~Gaybare" instead - which means "strong men."
The "giant" reading in Lamsa is faithful to the Peshitta text, which is as much a liberal translation as the Greek "gigantes."
My apologies, it pays to check the actual Peshitta OT text before I speak. While the Aramaic "Nepele" is indeed the cognate of the Hebrew "Nephilim" (for "fallen ones"), the Peshitta OT (and the Targums Onkelos, Neofiti, Yonathan) use the word "Ganbare~Gaybare" instead - which means "strong men."
The "giant" reading in Lamsa is faithful to the Peshitta text, which is as much a liberal translation as the Greek "gigantes."
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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