Comments on: The Secret Codes in Matthew: Examining Israel’s Messiah, Part 2, by Kevin M. Williams

By: Timothy Mcmahon

Timothy Mcmahon — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:30:56 +0000

In the penultimate paragraph, a curious claim is made. How is “salvation written as a proper noun” in this verse? I know of no way to distinguish proper from common nouns in the Hebrew writing system. There’s nothing “grammatically impossible” about the word יִשְׁעֵךְ denoting a concept or state rather than a person. It’s certainly possible to understand יִשְׁעֵךְ by metonymy as ‘savior’ rather than ‘salvation’ and then to interpret the suffixes on the ensuing nouns as referring back to the savior, but one could also take יהוה as their antecedent and understand ישׁע as the abstract ‘salvation’.

By: Bibliata TV

Bibliata TV — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:30:56 +0000

@Timothy Mcmahon One exception is the case of Steven with “Ph”

By: Bibliata TV

Bibliata TV — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:04:35 +0000

@Timothy Mcmahon One exception is the case of Steven with "Ph"

By: Timothy Mcmahon

Timothy Mcmahon — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 03:36:36 +0000

In the penultimate paragraph, a curious claim is made. How is "salvation written as a proper noun" in this verse? I know of no way to distinguish proper from common nouns in the Hebrew writing system. There's nothing "grammatically impossible" about the word יִשְׁעֵךְ denoting a concept or state rather than a person. It's certainly possible to understand יִשְׁעֵךְ by metonymy as 'savior' rather than 'salvation' and then to interpret the suffixes on the ensuing nouns as referring back to the savior, but one could also take יהוה as their antecedent and understand ישׁע as the abstract 'salvation'.