On Tue, 16 May 2000 14:17:9 "Mark Wilson" writes: > > B.J. > > > The Shema in Deut. 6:4 uses a Hebrew word (EHAD, not sure of > spelling) for > the translation of the word “ONE” Lord. This is the same word used > in > Genesis 2:24 where the husband and wife will become “ONE” flesh. > That would > indicate, to me, that they are to live together as a UNIT, or a > TEAM. > > The NET Bible translation on the internet also mentions that this > word EHAD > does have the idea of UNITY in the Duet. 6:4 passage. > Hi! I can say that the word ECHAD means ONE. In certain contexts it can mean unity (like about husbands and wives), but it doesn't mean that the word implies unity. The English word ONE can mean the same in passages like this. And nobody says that ONE itself means necessarily unity. It is more natural to understand Duet.6:4 as proclaiming that we (Israel) has only one G-d (The L-rd is our G-d, the L-rd, the one and only!). It is easy to check what I just said by reading all the passages with ECHAD in Pentateuch, for example, using Hebrew concordance. Just one example from Joshua12: 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; and so on, listing 31 kings. The word ECHAD is used here, though nobody would say that the kings have triune nature. I have more good examples, if needed. I understand that it is not quite about Greek. But because the argument about ECHAD is given, I decided to share this information. Dmitriy ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --- B-Greek home page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu