elohim=sanctuary?
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:30 am
Yesterday, I came across Arnold B. Ehrlich's Exegesis of Ps 138:1. Instead of "before gods", he translates "in the house of God" and comments: ""Before God" or "in the presence of God" means "in his house, in his temple"."
I continued searching and found this in the dictionary of Siegmund/Stade:" elohim=sanctuary. lipnê ha'elohim; nagad 'elohim in the holy place. Jos 24:1; Ps 138:1."
So I continued searching and found (Translations: NIV):
Jos 24:1: Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves lipnê ha'elohim. (cf. V. 26: holy place.)
Jdg 21:2: The people went to Bethel, where they sat lipnê ha'elohim until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.
1 Sam 10:3: Three men going up el ha'elohim at Bethel will meet you there.
1Chr 13:8,10: 7 They moved the ark of God from Abinadab's house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. 8 David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might lipnê ha'elohim, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. 9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 10 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there lipnê ha'elohim.
1 Chr 16:1: They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings lipnê ha'elohim.
Ps 138:1: neged elohim I will sing your praise. / 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple.
Cf. also Ps 84, where sanctuary, jhwh and elohim are used nearly substitutable.
Can elohim mean "sanctuary"? This would be new to me.
Best regards,
Sebastian
I continued searching and found this in the dictionary of Siegmund/Stade:" elohim=sanctuary. lipnê ha'elohim; nagad 'elohim in the holy place. Jos 24:1; Ps 138:1."
So I continued searching and found (Translations: NIV):
Jos 24:1: Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves lipnê ha'elohim. (cf. V. 26: holy place.)
Jdg 21:2: The people went to Bethel, where they sat lipnê ha'elohim until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.
1 Sam 10:3: Three men going up el ha'elohim at Bethel will meet you there.
1Chr 13:8,10: 7 They moved the ark of God from Abinadab's house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. 8 David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might lipnê ha'elohim, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. 9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 10 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there lipnê ha'elohim.
1 Chr 16:1: They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings lipnê ha'elohim.
Ps 138:1: neged elohim I will sing your praise. / 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple.
Cf. also Ps 84, where sanctuary, jhwh and elohim are used nearly substitutable.
Can elohim mean "sanctuary"? This would be new to me.
Best regards,
Sebastian