Sep 11, 2005 19:59
19 yrs ago
Hebrew term
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Timshel or Timsh'l
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Hebrew to English
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Please could you tell me if Timshel was a bible character or just the translation of hebrew sentence "thou mayest".
Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | thou shalt rule |
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| 5 -1 | תשמל |
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thou shalt rule
This crops up on the Internet so often that I am sure you are referring to Grapes of Wrath :-)
Steinbeck got the wrong end of the stick, I fear, in imagining that 'timshel' means 'thou mayest'. It means 'thou shalt rule', which is a phrase in the Old Testament but not the name of anyone.
Steinbeck got the wrong end of the stick, I fear, in imagining that 'timshel' means 'thou mayest'. It means 'thou shalt rule', which is a phrase in the Old Testament but not the name of anyone.
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Eynati
: Whatever the standard English translation of this Biblical phrase may be - and the KJB is full of translation errors - it means 'thou SHALT rule'.
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I wouldnt dream of looking in the KJB my source was http://www.mechon-mamre.org
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