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Love/Owe (Luke 7:41-42) - Rob Vanhoff - 09-20-2003
Shlama Akhay,
There is a word play here. (See also Ab. Valentin's post on this passage under the "Polysemy-Split Word" forum, with this response)
Luke 7:41-42
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0bwx 0rm dxl wwh ty0 0byx Nyrt[/font]
There were two debtors to a certain creditor
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]00m4mx 0rnyd 0wh Byx dx[/font]
One owed him 500 dinarii
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Ny4mx 0rnyd 0nrx0w [/font]
And the other, 50 dinarii
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Qb4 Jwhyrtl (rpml Jwhl 0wh tyldw[/font]
And because they had nothing with which to repay, he forgave them both
[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Yhwybxn ryty Jwhnm Lykh 0ny0[/font]
Which of them, therefore, will love (hint: owe) him most?
Translation doesn't do justice.
Looooove it! <!-- s:inlove: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/inlove.gif" alt=":inlove:" title="In Love" /><!-- s:inlove: -->
Shlama w'taybutha!
Rob
- Paul Younan - 09-21-2003
God, this is sooo beautiful. <!-- s:wow: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/wow.gif" alt=":wow:" title="Wow" /><!-- s:wow: -->
"Debtors, Creditor, Owe and Love" - all from the one Aramaic root [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Bx[/font]
If we create a "Top-Ten Examples" Forum - this would definitely belong there. <!-- s:bigups: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/bigups.gif" alt=":bigups:" title="Big Ups" /><!-- s:bigups: -->
Do we have a 'Janus'? - Larry Kelsey - 09-21-2003
Shlama Akhi Rob,
Great stuff, akhi! <!-- s:bigups: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/bigups.gif" alt=":bigups:" title="Big Ups" /><!-- s:bigups: --> <!-- s:bomb: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/bomb.gif" alt=":bomb:" title="The Bomb" /><!-- s:bomb: --> Do we have a 'Janus' in that last usage of 'love' / 'owe'?
I didn't know if that was a "close-but-no-cigar" status or "good-to-go" status as far as a Janus is concerned. Whatcha think?
Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey