tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5900647893855351168.post2351880380552791233..comments2024-02-23T02:16:52.428-08:00Comments on Anthea's Virtual Jotter (AVJ): Language matters.Antheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153858534621780832noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5900647893855351168.post-47242677236189575682013-11-16T11:53:09.589-08:002013-11-16T11:53:09.589-08:00Common sense rules, OK!!Common sense rules, OK!!Antheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153858534621780832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5900647893855351168.post-35375068979469577472013-11-16T04:25:22.462-08:002013-11-16T04:25:22.462-08:00Anthea,
T'would seem thee & me are the l...Anthea, <br /><br />T'would seem thee & me are the last bastions in the defence of correct English. Wert that we were able to push back the deplorable young, whose acceptance of slovenly speech canst but result in the loss of all comprehension. Doth it seem good to thee that we shouldst follow as recorded in the Book of Judges, chapter 12 & put each person to a simple test?<br /><br />Gilead then cut Ephraim off from the fords of the Jordan, and whenever Ephraimite fugitives said, 'Let me cross,' the men of Gilead would ask, 'Are you an Ephraimite?' If he said, 'No,' they then said, 'Very well, say "Shibboleth" (שבלת).' If anyone said, "Sibboleth" (סבלת), because he could not pronounce it, then they would seize him and kill him by the fords of the Jordan. Forty and two thousand Ephraimites fell on this occasion - (owing to a defect in aspiration that discovered their country & led to their deaths).<br /><br />P. S.<br /><br />A question that is often raised regarding the number of Ephramites slain at the crossing of the river Jordan is . . . 2,040 or 42,000 ? “Forty and two thousand” is a precise translation from the Hebrew, in which language ( as in, say German or English in the time of King James) compound numbers must be conjoined with “AND” . Hence, in modern English the number is correctly written as 42,000. Various ‘Standard’ editions of the Holy Bible, all agree with this figure, and using the analogy of the numbering of the tribes of Israel distinguished masonic writers concur with that reckoning. On the other hand there is the point of view, that that vast number would mean that the entire Ephramite army would have been obliterated several times over, so the 2,040 is a more reasonable estimate. Therefore the question remains unresolved: do we accept the weight of modern Biblical scholarship, or do we rely on common sense?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715633779618461756noreply@blogger.com