{"id":136,"date":"2011-01-05T05:52:49","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T05:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2011-01-05T05:54:07","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T05:54:07","slug":"another-possible-punctuation-changes-meaning-entirely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Another Possible Punctuation Changes Meaning Entirely"},"content":{"rendered":"

Normal translation (NIV): Isaiah 1:18\u00a0\u00a0 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”<\/p>\n

But remember, in the Hebrew text, there are no punctuation marks.\u00a0 Could this possibly be read as two questions?\u00a0 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, shall they be as white as snow?\u00a0 Though they are red as crimson, shall they shall be like wool?”<\/p>\n

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Some have preferred a sarcastic tone: “though your sins were scarlet, of course they can easily turn white; of course you know how to make innocent lambs of yourselves.”<\/p>\n

In Hebrew, each of these phrases begins with the word “IM” (ALEPH MEM-SOFIT) which often means “if” and implies “conditionality”.\u00a0 Sometimes, when combined with the word “not” \/ LO, it can mean “IF NOT – BUT RATHER”…<\/p>\n

Reference: http:\/\/www.etsjets.org\/files\/JETS-PDFs\/12\/12-3\/12-3-pp133-141_JETS.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

NOTE: I’m writing this while on the road, and I have some notes from a previous class that I plan to look up and add to this blog later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Normal translation (NIV): Isaiah 1:18\u00a0\u00a0 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” But remember, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,13],"tags":[43,44],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-isaiah","category-punctuation","tag-punctuation-2","tag-question-mark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhebrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}