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Recent content by DaveDavids

  1. DaveDavids

    What do angels look like?

    It's not derailing You made a claim that the " watchers " in the Book of Daniel are the " apkallu ", implying they are some sort of spirit creature AKA an " angel ", the topic of the thread ap and kallu are two separate words, do you know what " ap " is ?
  2. DaveDavids

    What do angels look like?

    Actually it doesn't, and an apkallu is not a spirit creature A kalu/kallu is a lamentation priest I see 10 different forms of the word, which one are you claiming refers to a spirit that takes on other forms ?
  3. DaveDavids

    What do angels look like?

    Well, you seemed to imply that an apkallu is some sort of spirit creature, it's not
  4. DaveDavids

    What do angels look like?

    Sumerian : abgal Akkadian: apkallu [SAGE] (32x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. abgal^2; abgal Meanings: sage priest Wise man Expert Example: A hymn to Asarluḫi (Asarluḫi A) (c.4.01.1), line c4011.32 Paragraph t4011.p4 (line(s) 29-36) Eloquent one of the abzu, great minister of Eridug...
  5. DaveDavids

    " Not one jot or tittle shall pass away "

    Another interesting thing is this: The Bible makes reference to the topics of - desecration / abomination / Antichrist / temple Many people claim there will be a replica temple built in Jerusalem, complete with Ark of the Covenant, and the rest of the items and priestly garb and anointing...
  6. DaveDavids

    Is the speed of light decreasing?

  7. DaveDavids

    " Not one jot or tittle shall pass away "

    Another fascinating related sub-topic here is the reference to dying things red ( I think I'll start a thread on this topic as well ) Sumerian: tab ( "burn " ) (13x: Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. tab; tab2 "to burn, fire; to dye (red); to brand, mark" 1. to burn, fire 2. to dye (red) 3. to...
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    " Not one jot or tittle shall pass away "

    Now for some early cognates :) Let's look at what a mark / marking is: Hebrew example: Ezekiel 9:4 " And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations...
  9. DaveDavids

    What are you eating?

    Crispy fried tofu tossed in orange ginger garlic sauce, with peanuts and fresh scallions, over veggie and egg stir fry
  10. DaveDavids

    Other Sheep

    Have you looked at the concordance entries for nation in Hebrew and Greek ?
  11. DaveDavids

    What to do with the jehovah's witnesses?

    I understand they also love Yoko Ono's music along with their blood sausages
  12. DaveDavids

    Jehovah's Witnesses and proper Greek translations

    Did you happen to notice the cognate meanings here with the root of the Hebrew name " Jehovah ": 1511. einai i'-nahee present infinitive from 1510; to exist:--am, was. come, is, X lust after, X please well, there is, to be, was. יְהֹוָה Jehovah = "the existing One" From: הָיָה - to be...
  13. DaveDavids

    Apologetics

    I guess my real eye opening about the amazing book we call the Bible started with pre-biblical literature and studies of earlier textual sources, and also earlier linguistic cognates, mainly priestly sources, texts in cuneiform as well as the ancient priestly traditions dealing with their...
  14. DaveDavids

    Studying

    I'll just quote my great uncle " A great deal of undergraduate education is built on ... telling a student what to do—at the very time he is developing intellectual habits for life. Too rarely is a student told, "This is the problem with which we are going to deal. Here are the books."
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    Jehovah's Witnesses and proper Greek translations

    As a copulative it would be " To be " [+nominative = something, someone] If you look at the descendant - είμαι , it's primary use is as a simple past tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have
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