02-01-2010, 07:20 AM
Shlama,
weclome to the forum...we're all students of the Word and the Spirit here, so as long as you keep an open mind to searching out the truth, you'll be at home!
as to the first part of your question: "Alaha" is really the emphatic state, so you are basically saying THE ALAHA when you say "Alaha." if it is not in the emphatic state, you get "alah," a generalized term for deity found a couple times in the Peshitta NT, and is indeed in those instances best meant "a god" (not referencing THE Creator), as your friend is inappropriately trying to force the text to read. it really doesn' work in the Peshitta. THE ALAHA/THE GOD is how you should read it in Yuwkhanan 1:1 if you wanted to note the emphatic state of the title.
hope that helps with your "argument!" <!-- s
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Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
weclome to the forum...we're all students of the Word and the Spirit here, so as long as you keep an open mind to searching out the truth, you'll be at home!
as to the first part of your question: "Alaha" is really the emphatic state, so you are basically saying THE ALAHA when you say "Alaha." if it is not in the emphatic state, you get "alah," a generalized term for deity found a couple times in the Peshitta NT, and is indeed in those instances best meant "a god" (not referencing THE Creator), as your friend is inappropriately trying to force the text to read. it really doesn' work in the Peshitta. THE ALAHA/THE GOD is how you should read it in Yuwkhanan 1:1 if you wanted to note the emphatic state of the title.
hope that helps with your "argument!" <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/wink1.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s --> my pillow calleth, so that's all for tonight... <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/sleepy.gif" alt="" title="Sleepy" /><!-- s --> Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy