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Dr Jack
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Message 89 of 127 (49897)
08-11-2003 8:23 AM
Reply to: Message 61 by Trump won
08-07-2003 4:24 PM


Re: crash, paul
...the bible, in genesis, it clearly says "day", I cant see how anyone can reinterpret that as being "billions of years".
Actually, MessanjaH, that's incorrect. The hebrew word used in the bible does not exactly translate to 'day'. 'Day' is one of it's possible meanings, it can also mean an 'unspecified' length of time. In a similar way to how in english one might say 'in my father's day' meaning the years during which one's father was a youngman, or an more elderly gent might refer to 'in my day'.

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Dr Jack
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Message 93 of 127 (49948)
08-11-2003 12:28 PM
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08-11-2003 12:12 PM


Day means day... or not...
Thanks, John. That's an interesting discussion. I myself am certainly not versed in Hebrew translation, so I'm going entirely on the word of others, although others I would consider reliable.
I'm not sure why you consider "Strong's Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary" inaccurate on this point? Is it an inferior source? Or misquoted?
You say:
I asked this question of a Rabbi fluent in Hebrew and he looked at me as I were insane.
While I do not doubt this is true, I have little trouble with the idea that word meanings may well have changed since the biblical times, so the opinions of modern hebrew speakers might not be directly relevant.

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Message 106 of 127 (50086)
08-12-2003 5:52 AM
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08-11-2003 9:10 PM


Re: Day means day... or not...
Strongs gives YOWM to mean a literal day-- from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunrise to the next-- or a figurative 'day.' This latter is 'a space of time defined by an associated term.' In the relevant texts of Genesis, there are no associated terms.
Ah, I see. Well, I'm convinced, for now at least.

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