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entire article with a focus upon 1) consistently pointing to the Third Day
only, not including all of the first three days of the week, 2) exchanging
“week” for “the seven days,” and multiple additions to my intermediate
discussion. Cf. prior
version!
How Are Cardinal Numbers,
Especially when Using the Construct Format, being Used in the Bible for
Designating Specific Days of the Week?
With an incentive from
Joshua 1:11
Abstract:
By means of
the within comprehensive Hebrew word study, of the extant OT and NT Hebrew manuscripts,
I find conclusively that not only ordinal numbers, but also cardinal numbers,
whether in the construct format or in the absolute format, but most
specifically in the construct format, are being used, in all cases within the
Holy Scriptures, for specifying specific days within the seven day week. That
is to say also, that duration, not tied to any specific days of the seven day
week , requires, within the Hebrew Scriptures, the use of the term/format “x
days and x nights,” while writing that term using the absolute format.
The findings
within this Hebrew word study confirm my prior
discoveries re the corresponding Greek words within these same Scripture passages.
These
findings seem to constitute a significant and important revision and expansion
of our prior understanding of ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek grammar.
Considerations:
In Page H. Kelley’s book Biblical
Hebrew – An Introductory Grammar, I find a most helpful table, on top of page
97, that is showing all the Absolute and all the Construct forms of the Hebrew
numbers 1 through 10. On the subsequent page (page 98) I also find the
following statement:
(4) The absolute and
construct forms of numerals can be used interchangeably, with no apparent
difference in meaning.
Examples:
(a)
שׁלשׁה ימים three days שׁלשׁת
ימים three days
[ absolute construct ]
Based upon
extensive studies of ancient and Biblical chronology I find reason to challenge
the above statement. As shown below, the absolute and the construct forms do
mean different things!:
Let’s consider carefully the
following fifteen Bible passages, which comprise all of the passages I have
found in the Hebrew Scriptures that are using a term on the format “x days and
x nights.”
Having noticed that the
Hebrew is consistently using the singular יום with the number 40,
whereas the plural ימיםis being used in all other Bible passages (with number 3 or number
7, no other numbers with the term “x days and x nights”are found when searching
both English and Hebrew!,) for the time being[1] I have found no better explanation for this phenomenon than Page
H. Kelley’s words on page 98 of his book “The numerals from 11 to 19… They also
normally occur with plural forms of nouns, although a few nouns (e.g… יום, “day…”) may remain in their singular forms when they
stand after these numerals:”
1.
Gen 7:4 כי לימים עוד
שׁבעה אנכי
ממטיר
על־הארץ ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה ומחיתי
את־כל־היקום
אשׁר עשׂיתי
מעל פני האדמה׃
Gen
7:4 KJV For yet
seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights;
and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of
the earth.
2.
Gen 7:12 ויהי הגשׁם
על־הארץ ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה׃
Gen
7:12 KJV And the rain was upon
the earth forty days and forty nights.
3.
Exo 24:18 ויבא משׁה
בתוך הענן
ויעל אל־ההר
ויהי משׁה בהר
ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה׃
Exo
24:18 KJV And Moses went into
the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the
mount forty days and forty nights.
4.
Exo 34:28 ויהי־שׁם
עם־יהוה ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה לחם
לא אכל ומים
לא שׁתה ויכתב
על־הלחת את
דברי הברית
עשׂרת
הדברים׃
Exo
34:28 KJV And he was there with
the LORD forty days and forty nights;
he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the
words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
5.
Deu 9:9 בעלתי ההרה
לקחת לוחת
האבנים לוחת
הברית
אשׁר־כרת יהוה
עמכם ואשׁב
בהר ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה לחם
לא אכלתי ומים
לא שׁתיתי׃
Deu
9:9 KJV When I was gone up
into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made
with you, then I abode in the mount forty
days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
6.
Deu 9:11 ויהי מקץ ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה נתן
יהוה אלי
את־שׁני לחת
האבנים לחות
הברית׃
Deu
9:11 KJV And it
came to pass at the end of forty days and forty
nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
7.
Deu 9:18 ואתנפל לפני
יהוה כראשׁנה ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה לחם
לא אכלתי ומים
לא שׁתיתי על
כל־חטאתכם אשׁר
חטאתם לעשׂות
הרע בעיני
יהוה
להכעיסו׃
Deu
9:18 KJV And I fell down
before the LORD, as at the first, forty
days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water,
because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the
LORD, to provoke him to anger.
8.
Deu 9:25 ואתנפל לפני
יהוה את
ארבעים היום
ואת־ארבעים
הלילה אשׁר
התנפלתי
כי־אמר יהוה
להשׁמיד
אתכם׃
Deu
9:25 KJV Thus I fell down
before the LORD forty days and forty nights,
as I fell down at the first;
because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
9.
Deu 10:10 ואנכי עמדתי
בהר כימים
הראשׁנים ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה וישׁמע
יהוה אלי גם
בפעם ההוא
לא־אבה יהוה
השׁחיתך׃
Deu
10:10 KJV And I stayed in the
mount, according to the first time, forty
days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time
also, and the LORD would not
destroy thee.
10.
1Sa 30:12 ויתנו־לו
פלח דבלה
ושׁני צמקים
ויאכל ותשׁב
רוחו אליו כי
לא־אכל לחם
ולא־שׁתה מים שׁלשׁה
ימים ושׁלשׁה
לילות׃
1Sa
30:12 KJV And they gave him a
piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten,
his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three
days and three nights.
11.
1Ki 19:8 ויקם ויאכל
וישׁתה וילך
בכח האכילה
ההיא ארבעים
יום וארבעים
לילה עד
הר האלהים
חרב׃
1Ki
19:8 KJV And he arose, and did
eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights
unto Horeb the mount of God.
12.
Job 2:13 וישׁבו אתו
לארץ שׁבעת
ימים ושׁבעת
לילות ואין־דבר
אליו דבר כי
ראו כי־גדל
הכאב מאד׃
Job
2:13 KJV So they sat down with
him upon the ground seven days and seven nights,
and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
13.
Jon
1:17 (2:1) וימן
יהוה דג גדול
לבלע את־יונה
ויהי יונה במעי
הדג שׁלשׁה
ימים ושׁלשׁה
לילות׃
Jon
1:17 KJV Now the LORD had
prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.
14.
Matt 4:2 ויצום מ״ יום
וארבעים לילה ואח״כ
נרעב.
Matt 4:2 GH[2] He fasted forty
days and forty nights and afterwards was hungry.
15.
Matt 12:40 שכאשר
היה במעי הדגה
ג׳
ימים וג׳
לילות כן יהיה בן
אדם בבטן הארץ
ג׳ ימים וג׳
לילות בקבר.
Matt 12:40 GH For as he was in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the belly of the earth, (buried) for three
days and three nights.
In
the above quoted passages all of the texts (##1-7, 9, 11, 14) but one (#8)
referencing 40 days and 40 nights are written in the absolute format. The one
exception (#8) is pointing back to another specific instance of 40 days and 40
nights. Thus the need, in that one instance, for using the construct format,
which format is used generally for indicating both genitive and the definite
article. That is, as in “the 40 of the days and the 40 of the nights…” if we
assume that the plural is intended. Otherwise, and more literally, as in “the
day 40 and the night 40.”
Of the four remaining passages, three (##10, 13, 15) are
referencing 3 days and 3 nights, and one (#12) is referencing 7 days and 7
nights. Among all four of these only one (#12; Job 2:13) is using the construct
format. #15 is using a different number format than the Old Testament passages,
which format is not showing any difference between the absolute and the
construct formats, or else, like #8, it too might have been written using the
construct format, that is, while giving reference to a prior event, that is,
the three nights and the three days experienced by the prophet Jonah. However,
if the construct format had been used in Matt 12:40, this could have been cause
for making the use of the construct format for indicating certain days of the
week less clear. More about this below…
Considering the one remaining exception to the use of the absolute
format, why is #12 written in the construct tense? So far as I can tell there
is no prior instance of 7 days and 7 nights within the book of Job. The answer
seems obvious enough to me. The reference is to the seven day cycle introduced
at the very beginning of time, the creation week! Thus I find Job 2:13 giving
reference to the calendar reckoning introduced by our Creator Himself. As in
“the seven of the days and the seven of the nights.” However, the words of Job
1:6 “Now there was a day when the
sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD”
remind me of “a holy convocation” as in the Seventh Day Sabbath. The same
phrase is repeated in Job 2:1. Thus, if Job’s sickness began on a Seventh Day
Sabbath, then, per Hebrew reckoning, the numbering of the days of Job’s
sickness would coincide with the numbering of the days of the seven day week .
Thus the use of the construct format in Job 2:13, that is, as in “the day numbered
seven of the seven days.”
Considering
also the fact that Yeshua was not crucified on a Saturday, it
should be clear to all that none of the three extant Bible passages using the
words translated “three days and three nights” are a reference to any
particular three days of the seven day week, for instance, as in “the first
three days of the seven day week .” Thus the use of the absolute format in
these passages, which format allows a reference to any arbitrary placement of a
sequence of three days and three nights within the week, month, etc.. As in the
case of Yeshua’s confinement in the tomb for three days and three nights, that
is, 72 hours, between sunset Friday and sunset Monday (cf. this link.)
On the usage of the construct format elsewhere in the Scriptures
The Hebrew grammar makes it
clear that:
“the numerals 3-10… When they
modify masculine nouns they take the feminine form; when they modify feminine
nouns they take the masculine form. There is no satisfactory explanation for
this phenomenon.”
(Kelley, Page H., Biblical
Hebrew – An Introductory Grammar, p. 97)
This
explains for instance why the masculine noun יום is being modified, in the construct
format, by the feminine form of the numeral.
The absolute format of “three days” is found only thrice in the
OT, two of which (##16, 18) have been dealt with above, plus one more (#17) in 1 Kings 12:5. Per the above discovery, it would seem as though 1 Kings
12:5 could be referencing any day of the seven day week , not necessarily the
Third Day of that seven day week. However, if the king’s words were spoken on
the Seventh Day Shabbat, which would not be unlikely, then the return date for
the people would fall upon the Day Three of the seven day week regardless,
because the Sabbath day would constitute Day Zero, that is, the accession day,
of standard Hebrew reckoning of time. Indeed, the same event, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 10:5, is recorded using the
construct format, thus indicating that the one and only way used in the Hebrew
Bible to indicate duration, such as is not coinciding with the correspondingly
numbered days of the week, is “x days and x nights” using the absolute format!:
1Sa 30:12 ויתנו־לו
פלח דבלה
ושׁני צמקים
ויאכל ותשׁב רוחו
אליו כי
לא־אכל לחם
ולא־שׁתה מים שׁלשׁה
ימים ושׁלשׁה
לילות׃
1Sa 30:12 KJV And they gave him a
piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten,
his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
2.
Absolute
format. Cf. 2 Chronicles 10:5 below!:
1Ki 12:5 ויאמר אליהם
לכו עד
שׁלשׁה ימים ושׁובו
אלי וילכו
העם׃
1Ki 12:5 TLT And he said unto them, Walk ye away until the Day numbered Three of seven
days, then come again to me. And
the people departed.
1Ki 12:5 KJV And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
Jon 1:17 (2:1) וימן
יהוה דג גדול
לבלע את־יונה
ויהי יונה במעי
הדג שׁלשׁה
ימים ושׁלשׁה
לילות׃
Jon 1:17 KJV Now the LORD had
prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.
In
contradistinction, the construct format of “three days” is found 22 times in 21 OT
verses:
1.
Construct
format:
Gen 30:36 וישׂם דרך
שׁלשׁת
ימים בינו
ובין יעקב
ויעקב רעה
את־צאן לבן
הנותרת׃
Gen 30:36 TLT
And he set three days' journey [that is, the furthest distance you
can walk if you wish to be back home again before Sabbath] betwixt
himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Gen 30:36 KJV
And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and
Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
2.
Construct
format:
Gen 40:12 ויאמר לו
יוסף זה פתרנו
שׁלשׁת
השׂרגים שׁלשׁת
ימים הם׃
Gen 40:12 TLT And Joseph said unto him, This is the
interpretation of it: The three branches represent the Day
numbered Three of the seven days:
Gen 40:12 KJV And Joseph said unto him, This is the
interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
3.
Construct
format:
Gen 40:13 בעוד
שׁלשׁת ימים ישׂא פרעה
את־ראשׁך
והשׁיבך
על־כנך ונתת
כוס־פרעה
בידו כמשׁפט
הראשׁון אשׁר
היית משׁקהו׃
Gen 40:13 TLT Within the Day
numbered Three of the next set of seven days, shall Pharaoh
lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver
Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Gen 40:13 KJV Yet within three days shall
Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt
deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his
butler.
4.
Construct
format:
Gen 40:18 ויען יוסף
ויאמר זה
פתרנו שׁלשׁת
הסלים שׁלשׁת
ימים הם׃
Gen 40:18 TLT And Joseph answered and said, This is the
interpretation thereof: The three baskets represent the Day
numbered Three of the seven days:
Gen 40:18 KJV And Joseph answered and said, This is the
interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
5.
Construct
format:
Gen 40:19 בעוד
שׁלשׁת ימים ישׂא פרעה
את־ראשׁך
מעליך ותלה
אותך על־עץ ואכל
העוף
את־בשׂרך
מעליך׃
Gen 40:19 TLT
Within the Day numbered Three of the next
set of seven days, shall Pharaoh lift up thy head
from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh
from off thee.
Gen 40:19 KJV Yet within three days shall
Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the
birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
6.
Construct
format:
Exo 3:18 ושׁמעו
לקלך ובאת אתה
וזקני ישׂראל
אל־מלך מצרים
ואמרתם אליו
יהוה אלהי
העבריים נקרה
עלינו ועתה
נלכה־נא דרך שׁלשׁת
ימים במדבר
ונזבחה ליהוה
אלהינו׃
Exo 3:18 TLT And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou
shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall
say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go,
we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness [that is, the
furthest distance you can walk if you wish to be back home again before
Sabbath,] that we may sacrifice
to the LORD our God.
Exo 3:18 KJV And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou
shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall
say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go,
we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to
the LORD our God.
7.
Construct
format:
Exo 5:3
ויאמרו
אלהי העברים
נקרא עלינו
נלכה נא דרך שׁלשׁת
ימים במדבר
ונזבחה ליהוה
אלהינו
פן־יפגענו
בדבר או בחרב׃
Exo 5:3 TLT And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath
met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey
into the desert [that is, the furthest distance you can walk if you wish to
be back home again before Sabbath,] and sacrifice unto the LORD our
God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Exo 5:3 KJV And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath
met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey
into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with
pestilence, or with the sword.
8.
Construct
format:
Exo 8:27
(8:23) דרך שׁלשׁת
ימים נלך
במדבר וזבחנו
ליהוה אלהינו
כאשׁר יאמר אלינו׃
Exo 8:27 TLT We will go three days' journey into
the wilderness [that is, the furthest distance you can walk if you wish to
be back home again before Sabbath,] and sacrifice to the LORD our
God, as he shall command us.
Exo 8:27 KJV We will go three days' journey
into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
9.
Construct
format:
Exo 10:23 לא־ראו
אישׁ את־אחיו
ולא־קמו אישׁ
מתחתיו שׁלשׁת
ימים ולכל־בני
ישׂראל היה
אור
במושׁבתם׃
Exo 10:23 TLT They saw not one another, neither rose any
from his place during the Day numbered Three of the seven
days: but all the children of Israel had light in their
dwellings.
Exo 10:23 KJV They saw not one another, neither rose any
from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their
dwellings.
10. Construct format:
Num 10:33 ויסעו מהר
יהוה דרך שׁלשׁת
ימים וארון
ברית־יהוה
נסע לפניהם דרך
שׁלשׁת
ימים לתור
להם מנוחה׃
Num 10:33 TLT And they pulled up from the
mount of the LORD journeying on the Day numbered Three
of the seven days: and the ark of the covenant of
the LORD went before them as they journeyed on the Day
numbered Three of the seven days, to
search out a resting place for them.
Num 10:33 KJV And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey:
and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days'
journey, to search out a resting place for them.
11. Construct format:
Num 33:8 ויסעו
מפני החירת
ויעברו
בתוך־הים
המדברה וילכו
דרך שׁלשׁת
ימים במדבר
אתם ויחנו
במרה׃
Num 33:8 TLT And they departed from Pihahiroth, the Mouth
of the Gorges, and passed through the midst of the sea of the wilderness, and
they began walking on their journey on the Day numbered Three
of the seven days in the wilderness of Etham, and
they pitched in Marah.
Num 33:8 KJV And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and
passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the
wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
12. Construct format:
Jos 1:11 עברו בקרב
המחנה וצוו
את־העם לאמר
הכינו לכם צידה
כי בעוד
שׁלשׁת ימים אתם עברים
את־הירדן הזה
לבוא לרשׁת
את־הארץ אשׁר
יהוה אלהיכם
נתן לכם
לרשׁתה׃
Jos 1:11 TLT Pass through the host, and command the
people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within the
Day numbered Three of the seven days
beyond these seven days ye shall pass over this Jordan,
to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
Jos 1:11 KJV Pass through the host, and command the people,
saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall
pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God
giveth you to possess it.
13. Construct format:
Jos 2:16 ותאמר להם
ההרה לכו
פן־יפגעו בכם
הרדפים ונחבתם
שׁמה שׁלשׁת
ימים עד
שׁוב הרדפים ואחר
תלכו לדרככם׃
Jos 2:16 TLT And she said unto them, Get you to the
mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there throughout
the Day numbered Three
of the seven days and
until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
Jos 2:16 KJV And she said unto them, Get you to the
mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until
the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
14. Construct format:
Jos 2:22 וילכו
ויבאו ההרה
וישׁבו שׁם שׁלשׁת
ימים עד־שׁבו
הרדפים
ויבקשׁו
הרדפים
בכל־הדרך ולא
מצאו׃
Jos 2:22 TLT And they went, and came unto the mountain,
and abode there throughout the Day
numbered Three of the seven days, until
the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them
throughout all the way, but found them not.
Jos 2:22 KJV And they went, and came unto the mountain,
and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers
sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
15.
Construct
format:
Jos 3:2 ויהי מקצה
שׁלשׁת ימים ויעברו
השׁטרים בקרב
המחנה׃
Jos 3:2 TLT And it came to pass after the
beginning of the Day numbered Three of the seven days, that the officers went through
the host;
Jos 3:2 KJV And it came to pass after three
days, that the officers went through the host;
16. Construct format:
Jos 9:16 ויהי מקצה
שׁלשׁת ימים אחרי
אשׁר־כרתו
להם ברית
וישׁמעו
כי־קרבים הם
אליו ובקרבו
הם ישׁבים׃
Jos 9:16 TLT And it came to pass after the
beginning of the Day numbered Three of the seven
days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that
they were their neighbours, and that they
dwelt among them.
Jos 9:16 KJV And it came to pass at the end of
three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that
they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt
among them.
17. Construct format:
Jdg 19:4 ויחזק־בו
חתנו אבי
הנערה וישׁב
אתו שׁלשׁת
ימים ויאכלו
וישׁתו
וילינו שׁם׃
Jdg 19:4 TLT And his father in law, the damsel's father,
retained him; and he abode with him during the Day
numbered Three of the seven days: so
they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Jdg 19:4 KJV And his father in law, the damsel's father,
retained him; and he abode with him three days: so
they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
18. Construct format:
2Sa 20:4 ויאמר
המלך אל־עמשׂא
הזעק־לי
את־אישׁ־יהודה
שׁלשׁת
ימים ואתה
פה עמד׃
2Sa 20:4 TLT Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the
men of Judah on the Day numbered Three of the
seven days, and be thou here present.
2Sa 20:4 KJV Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the
men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
19. Construct format:
2Sa 24:13 ויבא־גד
אל־דוד
ויגד־לו
ויאמר לו
התבוא לך שׁבע
שׁנים רעב
בארצך
אם־שׁלשׁה
חדשׁים נסך לפני־צריך
והוא רדפך
ואם־היות שׁלשׁת
ימים דבר
בארצך עתה דע
וראה מה־אשׁיב
שׁלחי דבר׃
2Sa 24:13 TLT So Gad came to David, and told him, and said
unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou
flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there
be a Day numbered Three of the seven
days pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I
shall return to him that sent me.
2Sa 24:13 KJV So Gad came to David, and told him, and said
unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou
flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there
be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what
answer I shall return to him that sent me.
20. Construct format. Cf. 1 Kings 12:5 above!:
2Ch 10:5 ויאמר
אלהם עוד
שׁלשׁת ימים ושׁובו
אלי וילך העם׃
2Ch 10:5 TLT And he said unto them, Come again unto me on the next Day
numbered Three of the seven days. And
the people departed.
2Ch 10:5 KJV And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three
days. And the people departed.
21. Construct format:
Est 4:16 לך כנוס
את־כל־היהודים
הנמצאים
בשׁושׁן וצומו
עלי
ואל־תאכלו
ואל־תשׁתו שׁלשׁת
ימים לילה
ויום גם־אני
ונערתי אצום
כן ובכן אבוא
אל־המלך אשׁר
לא־כדת
וכאשׁר אבדתי
אבדתי׃
Est 4:16 TLT Go, gather together all the Jews that are
present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink during the Day numbered Three of the seven days of the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, night and day: I also and my maidens will fast
likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not
according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Est 4:16 KJV Go, gather together all the Jews that are
present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night
or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the
king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Building
upon the above discoveries from the OT Scriptures, we are now prepared for a
further analysis of the New Testament Hebrew Scriptures as available by means
of Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew. I find that, without exception, the above
discoveries confirm my prior discoveries re the Greek translations of the
corresponding passages:
1.
Absolute,
or indeterminate, format. Allowing any three day sequence within time. Cf. above!:
ST[3] Matt 12:40שכאשר
היה במעי הדגה
ג׳
ימים וג׳
לילות כן יהיה בן
אדם בבטן הארץ
ג׳
ימים וג׳
לילות בקבר.
Matt 12:40 GH For as he was in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the belly of the
earth, (buried) for three
days and three nights.
2.
Construct
format or ordinal number format. Both formats
pointing to a specific day of the week. Cf. above!:
ST Matt 15:32אז
אמר יש״ו
לתלמידיו יש
לי רחמנות מהם
שהם מיחלים
אותי זה שני
ימים שעברו
ואין להם מה
שיאכלו. ואיני
רוצה להוליכם
בתענית יען לא
יחלשו בדרך.
Matt 15:32 TLT Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they are continuing with me this Day numbered Two
of the seven days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
3.
Absolute
format. Not being written on the format “x days and x nights,” this passage
also is a reference to a specific time of the week. Cf. above and at this link,
and, for an in depth study, at this link!:
ST Matt 17:1אתר
ששה ימים לקח יש״ו
לפייט״רוס
וגם יעקב לעז
גאימ״י ויוחנן
אחיו ויוליכם
אל הר גבוה
משם להתפלל
הוא.
Matt 17:1 TLT After six of seven days Jesus took Peter, James, that is, Jimi, and John
his brother and brought them to a high mountain where he might pray.
Matt 17:1 GH After six days Jesus took Peter, James, that is, Jimi, and John his brother
and brought them to a high mountain where he might pray.
4.
Construct
format re cardinal numbers, and also an ordinal
number! Cf. above and at
this link!:
ST Matt 26:2הלא
תדעו שאחר שני
ימים יהיה הפסח
ובן האדם ימסר
ביד היהודים
לצליבה.
Matt 26:2 TLT Do you not know that after the Day numbered Two
of the seven days [Monday evening after sunset] will be the Passover and the Son of Man will be
delivered into the hand of the Jews for the gallows.
Matt 26:2 GH Do you not know that after two days will be the Passover and the Son of Man will be
delivered into the hand of the Jews for the gallows.
5.
Absolute,
or indeterminate, format. Cf. above!
Notice
that these words were spoken on the Third Day of the seven day week!:
ST Matt 26:61
זה אמר יש לי
יכולת להשחית
מקדש האל ואחר
ג׳ ימים לתקן אותו.
Matt 26:61 TLT (They said): This one said I have the power to destroy
the temple of God and after
the Day numbered Three of seven days
to repair it.
Matt 26:61 GH (They said): This one said I have the power to
destroy the temple of God and after
three days to repair it.
6.
Absolute
format. Cf. above and, re “בעוד,” this link!:
ST Matt 27:40ואומרים
ראח אפשר חרבת
מקדש האל ובעוד
שלשה ימים תושיע
עצמך ואם אתה
בן האל רד מן
הצליבה.
Matt 27:40 TLT saying: See, (how) you would lay waste the temple
of God and within the Day
numbered Three of next set of seven days (build it); save yourself; if you are the Son of
God come down from the gallows.
Matt 27:40 GH saying: See, (how) you would lay waste the temple
of God and in yet three days (build it); save yourself; if you are the Son of
God come down from the gallows.
7.
Absolute format. Cf. above and, re “לקץ,” this link!:
ST Matt 27:63ואמרו
לו אדוננו אנו
מזכירים שזה
השקרן היה אומר
בעודו בחיים שלקץ
שלשה ימים יעמוד
ויחיה.
Matt 27:63 TLT They said to him: Sir, we remember that this liar
said while still alive that towards
the beginning of the Day numbered Three of seven days he would arise and come to life.
Matt 27:63 GH They said to him: Sir, we remember that this liar
said while still alive that at
the end of three days he would
arise and come to life.
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[1] However, I plan to study this matter further. I suspect that the 40th day may be in reference to the beginning of the first month, Abib. That is, the Lord spoke to Noah on the 40th day after the beginning of the first month, and the rains began on day 40…
[2] George Howard
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