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1 | meaning of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal | Ezek 38:2 | DocTrinsograce | 175069 | ||
Dear Pjweil, According to Dr. James Strong, the names have the following meaning: Rosh (H7218), "From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literally or figuratively" Meshech (H4901), "From H4900; a sowing; also a possession" Tubal (H8422), "Probably of foreign derivation" (I'd interpret this as meaning that the exact meaning is not known.) Serious Bible students make a very good investment obtaining a copy of "Strong's Exhaustive Concordance." (It is also available online.) I'm a little leary of some of the other authorities who go much beyond these literal interpretations of names. Especially when they go well beyond even what is understood by Rabbinic sources! In Him, Doc |
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2 | meaning of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal | Ezek 38:2 | mark d seyler | 175107 | ||
You know, Doc, you're kind of making a "blanket criticism" of any scholar that doesn't argee with Strongs, or has anything additional to say. I must be misunderstanding you, right? There is an awful lot of good scholarship out there. I will agree that Dr. Strong has done some great work, but do you mean to say he is the "be-all-end-all"? Personally, I prefer to consult several sources, and especially when one comes right out and says that they don't know what a word means, or that it goes beyond their purview. If I have misunderstood, please accept my apologies. If I have correctly understood, well, having stated my view, that's enough. Perhaps some would say too much! :-) Love in Christ, Mark |
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3 | meaning of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal | Ezek 38:2 | DocTrinsograce | 175117 | ||
Dear Brother Mark, You properly understood my criticism, although I don't recall asserting things in the narrow way you've rephrased them. Regardless, I've watched this kind of thing for a long time now. It takes a variety of forms. Generally it manifests itself in one form or another of Alexandrian School thinking. Sadly, the "blanket" spreads far and wide these days. You wrote, "I prefer to consult several sources." That's a very good preference, worthy of emulation by us all! Presumably you advocate consulting "several sources" in order to arrive at a scholarly concensus. This would inevitably lead to the conclusion that -- when questions like this arise -- depending on a single source like Hitchcock's Dictionary of Hebrew Names as the end-all-and-be-all, would not be prudent. :-) Clearly, the wise thing for us to do would be to check Strong's Exhaustive Concordance as well -- as has been done. In keeping with your well advised preference, we could also check Cruden's Complete Concordance and Young's Analytical Concordance. Between these latter three we will have succeeded in culling the very best and most definitive of Biblical Hebrew resources. I am very sorry, but I don't have immediate access to these latter two resources. I've not made the investment in their purchase, I'm afraid. :-( Perhaps, if someone else out there has Cruden's or Young's they can provide our missing information. If not, I can obtain it from my church library this Sunday. This way, we can compare the four sources to arrive at our concensus from "several sources." It will be an interesting exercise. In Him, Doc |
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