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--- neqebah [2023/08/17 17:17] – ken
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 =====Neqebah=====
 נקבה
-[[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/nekevah_5347.htm]]
-ostensibly, [[neqebah]] means female
+ostensibly, [[neqebah]] means female, however, this might not be accurate. FIXME analyze it
-However, this might not be accurate
+There are only 22 uses of the word, half of them in the book of Leviticus. The more typical word for female is
+[[ish]].
-there are only 22 uses of the word, half of them in the book of Leviticus.
+Strangely, a parallel exists in the proscription against graven images. This is a theme that occurs numerous times, notably in the so-called "ten commandments" of Exodus 20. Typically the rendering is "anything on earth or in the heavens", However, Deuteronomy 4:16 gives echoes the command, but replaces earth and heaven with "male (zakar) and female (neqebah)".
-i have posted that [[ish]] might also refer to female
+Deuteronomy 4:16 - //...lest you act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of any figure the likeness of male or female//
-Strangely, a parallel exists in the proscription against graven images. While the typical rendering is "anything on earth or in the heavens, Deuteronomy 4:16 reads "male and female":
+However, as I have discussed elsewhere, the "earth and heavens" interpretation is grossly mistranslated. The actual subjects of the prohibition in Exodus 20 are the [[Mayim]] and [[Shemim]], so in reality, what is happening in Deuteronomy is not a replacing of "earth and heaven" but of "Mayim and Shemim". Thus we have an interesting parallel being set up between Mayim and Shemim and "male and female". This could be an important clue in understanding gender issues and the ancestral (genetic) portions of the book of Genesis.
-//Deuteronomy 4:16 - lest you act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of any figure the likeness of male or female//
-As I have discussed elsewhere, the "earth and heavens" interpretation is grossly mistranslated. The actual subjects of the prohibition in Exodus 20 are the Hammayim and Shemim, that is, Homo Sapiens and The Legendary Ones.
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+LexID 5347