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NASB | Ezekiel 38:2 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 38:2 "Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief ruler of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, |
Subject: meaning of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal |
Bible Note: 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 |