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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 ימים is 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.
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 1) genitive and
2) if the last noun, in absolute format, is a proper name or has the definite
article, implies the definite article for all of the nouns belonging to the construct
set of words. That is, if we assume that the plural is intended, as in “the 40
of the days and the 40 of the nights…” (#12; Deu 9:25 above,)
or else “40 of days and 40 of nights.” Otherwise, and more literally, as in “the
day 40 and the night 40,” or “day 40 and 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 number 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 number
Three of 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 number 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 number Three of 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 number 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 number Three of 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 Yahweh three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before
them three days’ journey, 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 number Three
of 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 number Three of seven days
in the next set of 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 through number Three of 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 through number Three of 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 number Three of 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 number Three
of 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 number
Three of 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 number Three of 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 three
day pestilence in thy land at
this time? 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 number
Three of 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 number 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 number Two
of 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 number 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 number
Two of 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 number 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 number 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 number 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
[3] Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew