03-04-2004, 06:57 PM
Shlama Akhi Andrew,
The closest I have seen to 'yath' in the Aramaic N. T. is [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]ty0[/font]. The word and its derivatives start from #723 and end with #760 in the Lexical Concordance. Word #761 is very interesting because it implies substance or essence. It's only used in one place and that's Hebrews 1:3. I'm trying to go from memory but I thought Akhan Paul translated that something like "portrait of his essence"
On page 3 of Old Testament Light, Lamsa states "The Aramaic word yathmeans "essence," "being," "existence," and "substance"; Hebrew is eth. The Greek is ousia, and English "it," implying the origin or substance of a thing.
According to the Eastern text, God first created the essence of the heaven and of the earth, and the physical or the material form and order came later. This indicates that the essence of heaven and earth existed from the very beginning. God was always manifested through his spiritual creations, out of which the terrestrial creations came into being. etc., etc.,
He may be on track or off track here...I'm not sure but I sure thought #761--'aithotheh' was a very interesting word in Hebrews 1:3 and the only one of its kind to mean 'essence' or 'substance.'
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Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey
The closest I have seen to 'yath' in the Aramaic N. T. is [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]ty0[/font]. The word and its derivatives start from #723 and end with #760 in the Lexical Concordance. Word #761 is very interesting because it implies substance or essence. It's only used in one place and that's Hebrews 1:3. I'm trying to go from memory but I thought Akhan Paul translated that something like "portrait of his essence"
On page 3 of Old Testament Light, Lamsa states "The Aramaic word yathmeans "essence," "being," "existence," and "substance"; Hebrew is eth. The Greek is ousia, and English "it," implying the origin or substance of a thing.
According to the Eastern text, God first created the essence of the heaven and of the earth, and the physical or the material form and order came later. This indicates that the essence of heaven and earth existed from the very beginning. God was always manifested through his spiritual creations, out of which the terrestrial creations came into being. etc., etc.,
He may be on track or off track here...I'm not sure but I sure thought #761--'aithotheh' was a very interesting word in Hebrews 1:3 and the only one of its kind to mean 'essence' or 'substance.'
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Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey