אשה = Woman or Burnt Offering? (H801 & H802)
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:55 pm
Hello everyone,
I have a question about how the ancient readers of Hebrew would know whether אשה meant woman/wife or burnt-offering/fire-offering. Is context the only thing that allows the reader to know the difference?
I know that all the extra cantillation and vowel marks are relatively new to Hebrew. I know that Strongs H801 and H802 appear to only be distinguishable from one another because of these modern marks. But before the marks existed was there any other way to discern the difference between H801 (אִשֶּׁה) & H802 (אִשָּׁה). Weren't they both just אשה before?
Thank you for your help!
~John
I have a question about how the ancient readers of Hebrew would know whether אשה meant woman/wife or burnt-offering/fire-offering. Is context the only thing that allows the reader to know the difference?
I know that all the extra cantillation and vowel marks are relatively new to Hebrew. I know that Strongs H801 and H802 appear to only be distinguishable from one another because of these modern marks. But before the marks existed was there any other way to discern the difference between H801 (אִשֶּׁה) & H802 (אִשָּׁה). Weren't they both just אשה before?
Thank you for your help!
~John