12-29-2010, 08:22 PM
For what its worth, the Peshitta has kind of an odd way of using numbers. In Matthew 18:22 for instance, it reads as:
... Not saying I-am to-thee until to-seven, but until to-seventy times seven seven.
I can't say for sure, but I think the double word "seven seven" is the English equivalent of "seven squared", which to me is 7 by 7, or 49. So in this verse, I suspect the actual number is 70 times 7 by 7 = 3,430. If anyone could confirm that, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
And for the numbers referenced in the book of Revelations, it appears to me as just "seven" (shba').
... Not saying I-am to-thee until to-seven, but until to-seventy times seven seven.
I can't say for sure, but I think the double word "seven seven" is the English equivalent of "seven squared", which to me is 7 by 7, or 49. So in this verse, I suspect the actual number is 70 times 7 by 7 = 3,430. If anyone could confirm that, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
And for the numbers referenced in the book of Revelations, it appears to me as just "seven" (shba').