06-07-2008, 12:03 AM
Shlama Akhi Stephen,
Just back from 3 day anniversary vacation with my wife in Rhode Island.
You are confusing Hebrew "ekhad" - "one" with Aramaic "ekhad" -"to hold" .The Aramaic for "one" is "Khad","Khada".
The Aramaic "Akhyd" can mean "joined",unified", but that would mean God is one with the universe, which would make him a part of creation, which is theological nonsense. God is "One", or "Unified" with His Divine Being as Three Persons in One Essence of Deity; He cannot be One with that which is not Divine.
As passive participle of "ekhad", it can have an active sense as well as passive-"to hold", and is used in the NT over 50 times. Never does it mean "one".
Smith's Compendious Syriac Dictionary:
Blessings,
Dave
Just back from 3 day anniversary vacation with my wife in Rhode Island.
You are confusing Hebrew "ekhad" - "one" with Aramaic "ekhad" -"to hold" .The Aramaic for "one" is "Khad","Khada".
The Aramaic "Akhyd" can mean "joined",unified", but that would mean God is one with the universe, which would make him a part of creation, which is theological nonsense. God is "One", or "Unified" with His Divine Being as Three Persons in One Essence of Deity; He cannot be One with that which is not Divine.
As passive participle of "ekhad", it can have an active sense as well as passive-"to hold", and is used in the NT over 50 times. Never does it mean "one".
Smith's Compendious Syriac Dictionary:
Quote:"Akhyd kol" is constsntly used of God= "omnipotent","holding all" or "upholding all".
Blessings,
Dave
Get my NT translations, books & articles at :
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://aramaicnt.net">https://aramaicnt.net</a><!-- m --> and Lulu.com
I also have articles at BibleCodeDigest.com
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://aramaicnt.net">https://aramaicnt.net</a><!-- m --> and Lulu.com
I also have articles at BibleCodeDigest.com