There are 42 lines in a column of a Torah Scroll. It could be that the children were disciplined with words of Torah. The Talmud also has a story where Elijah reincarnates as a bear and attacks an errant person in the shul.
Sorry You will find the reference to it below in the title Origin Myths: "Artemis was worshipped as the Great-She-Bear and the girls, who were required to undergo a period of ritual 'wildness' before puberty, were her images, the arktoi, and often wore bear masks in rituals." --wayman29
I also heard that na'ar also could mean an adolescent rather than a little child. Interestingly enough, the Vulgate translates the word as "puer" which is Latin for a "servant", "boy" or a "young man". As far as the Hebrew "dob", it's often rendered as bear but it comes from an older root meaning "slow" or "sluggish". Again, the Latin in the Vulgate used "duo ursi" which fits well with "shettayim dobim". - Good video!
@IWannabeJew - "ursi" is masculine plural, however if you have two bears of both genders then "ursi" is still acceptable. "ursa" (she-bear), "ursae" (she-bears). Remember Jerome (Hieronymus) was one in a handful of Romans that new enough Hebrew to qualify as a translator.
There are 42 lines in a column of a Torah Scroll. It could be that the children were disciplined with words of Torah. The Talmud also has a story where Elijah reincarnates as a bear and attacks an errant person in the shul.
IWannabeJew 1 month ago
Sorry You will find the reference to it below in the title Origin Myths: "Artemis was worshipped as the Great-She-Bear and the girls, who were required to undergo a period of ritual 'wildness' before puberty, were her images, the arktoi, and often wore bear masks in rituals." --wayman29
IWannabeJew 1 month ago
I also heard that na'ar also could mean an adolescent rather than a little child. Interestingly enough, the Vulgate translates the word as "puer" which is Latin for a "servant", "boy" or a "young man". As far as the Hebrew "dob", it's often rendered as bear but it comes from an older root meaning "slow" or "sluggish". Again, the Latin in the Vulgate used "duo ursi" which fits well with "shettayim dobim". - Good video!
TLucretiusCarus 1 year ago
@TLucretiusCarus Is "ursi" masculine or feminine?
It's nice to have a Latin expert around!
IWannabeJew 1 year ago
@IWannabeJew - "ursi" is masculine plural, however if you have two bears of both genders then "ursi" is still acceptable. "ursa" (she-bear), "ursae" (she-bears). Remember Jerome (Hieronymus) was one in a handful of Romans that new enough Hebrew to qualify as a translator.
TLucretiusCarus 1 year ago
B"H I agree.. if the TaNakH is corrupt (in this case it's the translations) than it's corrupt IN the favor of the Arabs.
just a side note, could not the erev rav be "the great Arabs" instead of "mixed multitude"?
Mencel89 1 year ago
Hey nice job with this!
wayman29 1 year ago
"torn up" could just as easily refer to their clothing, rather than meaning that they were killed.
mycatisamoron 1 year ago
@mycatisamoron lol Yeah, because bears aim for clothing rather than flesh.
CloudedThinkers3792 1 week ago