"hare" in the KJV's Deu. 14:7

While reading about the coney, this passage in the KJV caught my attention:

Deu. 14:7 "Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you."

The Hebrew here translated "hare" is 'arnebeth'. Now we know no known hare chews the cud, while God is always right. My rabbi friend tells me that arnebeth is of uncertain meaning, but it certainly isn't 'hare'. Any thoughts?

 

Also, a hare has no hooves, cloven or otherwise. It appears the AV translators simply used their best guess with hare, a critter known to them.

 

I believe a modern rabbi who was raised from childhood speaking/reading Hebrew knows what he's talking about. The man learned english as a second language.I believe he knows more about his own language than someone who lived 400 years ago.

Psalm 145 3: The Hebrew word for hare is arnebeth.

Whose word are YOU taking for it?

I don't care what any unregenerate rabbi says.

Unless it agrees with your KJVO myth. Then, suddenly, you would proclaim him a genius. remember, your precious Masoretic Text was kept by such rabbis.


Men such as Dr. Bedwell and Dr. Miles Smith, translators of the KJV, understood Hebrew better than us dummies.

But there's been 400 years of knowledge acquired since then.

Just believe what the KJV says and you'll not be ashamed.

But you might look more than slightly foolish. I haven't seen any hares with hooves yet. Would you please show me one?

 

The hare differs from the rabbit in that its young are born able to see, and with hair, while rabbits are born blind and naked. The adult hare has longer legs& ears than the rabbit, is larger, and can run faster.The rabbit builds nests, while hares do not. The hare lives in more open habitat than the rabbit does, and relies on its speed to escape predators while the rabbit maintains "runways" in its territory where it can easily scamper, where most other animals, such as dogs or foxes, cannot.

There are no rabbits in Palestine, so the translators of those BVs who used rabbit in Deu.14:7 made a booboo.There are, however, at least two species of hare.

The Hebrew rendered "chew the cud" is "alah"(bring up, draw up, ascend)"gerah"(cud). This is quite specific. A modern Hebrew speaker would say exactly the same thing if he meant 'chew the cud'.The fact is quite plain that hares do not chew the cud, nor do they have hooves. And the fact is that some modern people have twisted the meaning of 'arnebeth' to fit someone's English definition instead of the PROPER method of the English fitting the Hebrew meaning.

It's well-known that in the time of ancient Israel, there were many more species of animals living in the Palestine area, including lions, bears, and various species of deer, gazelles, & antelopes than there are now. Seems as if the arnebeth was some animal no longer found there.

Here's what Strong's says about 'arnebeth':probably an extinct animal because no known hare chews its cud, exact meaning is unknown, and best left untranslated as "arnebeth"

There are several points to be made here...that the arnebeth was not kosher, it was neither a hare nor a rabbit, and translators, old or modern, are humans who make mistakes same as anyone else.

 

Psalm 145:3: Just believe what the KJV says and you'll not be ashamed.

Can you look someone straight in the eye & tell him/her, "Jesus was slain and hanged"?

Do you believe you know the Jewish dietary laws better than someone who's been taught those laws from childhood as part of his heritage, and who's studied those laws forward and backward in the Hebrew language most of his life, along with the Hebrew language itself? Yeah, right...

That rabbi was not trying to prove nor disprove a writing in any Bible version. He was explaining a particular Hebrew word, and a little about the law of kosher and non-kosher. He said that since the hare doesn't have hooves anyway, God would not have to had made any special statement declaring it nonkosher. For mammals, the requirements for kosher are split hooves and cud-chewing, which automatically eliminates all non-hooved land mammals.

He insists the arnebeth is neither hare nor rabbit.

 

Psalm 145 3:The apostle Peter told the high priest, "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree."

No, he didn't. First, Peter didn't use English, second, he knew Jesus was NOT slain and hanged, but he supposed that He was slain BY being hanged.

Peter also told a group of Gentiles, "And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree."

Once again, Peter told them, in his & their language, that Jesus was slain BY hanging. He was present at Jesus' crucifixion, and so knew He was hanged while ALIVE.

That's what the Bible says.

That's what one version of the Bible incorrectly says.


What does that have to do with the word hare in Deuteronomy 14:7?

Both are examoles of booboos in the KJV, same as is Easter in Acts 12:4.

Do you really have a question about the word hare, or is that just a starting point to show your contempt for the KJV?

It's a real question. Are you admitting you have no answer?

Is your rabbi friend born again by the Spirit of God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ? If not, then why would you be persuaded by the darkened counsel of a rabbi who has practiced false religion most of his life and does not know the God of the Bible?

He is a man who knows the Hebrew language far better than all but maybe a few other USA citizens. He is a member of the people whom God placed in charge of His oracles. He is a member of the people who kept the Masoretic Text, from which most of the KJV's OT is translated. His failure to recognize the Messiah has nothing to do with his interpretation of Old Testament text.

The Lord Jesus Christ said, "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?"

Moses was a Levite; most of the Levites moved to Judah after Jeroboam set up the golden calves and were soon numbered with the Jews. Virtually every modern Jew named Cohen is a Levite; "cohen" is Hebrew for "priest".

Jesus' human heritage is Jewish.

Are you anti-Semitic?

Instead of playing textual critic games with your rabbi friend, encourage him to believe the Scriptures and come to the only Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

This rabbi is well-acquainted with my views. But it will take the HOLY SPIRIT to cause him to come to Jesus. He looks upon Jews who are Christians as heretics. But that has nothing to do with this discussion. God has often used outright pagans such as the Assyrians, Egyptians, and Babylonians to perform His will.


whom the Jews slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

He was NOT slain and hanged on a tree. He was slain (as was supposed) by being hanged on a tree. Actually, He wasn't slain by anyone; He yielded up His spirit when all prophecy about His first coming, and all aspects of His mission had been fulfilled, except for His death and resurrection. This was after taking enough physical abuse to have killed three ordinary men.

 

Please read the last sentence of my last post from which you quoted: "This was after taking enough physical abuse to have killed three ordinary men."

I believe He wasn't simply beaten; His beard was yanked out as was revealed to Isaiah by God, His face was beaten beyond recognition,& so was his body.

Isaiah 52:14, NKJV-Just as many were astonished at you,
So His visage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;


He DEFINITELY was not slain & then hanged. Despite all the abuse, He was alive when crucified. "Slain & hanged" is in contrast to every "play-by-play" account of His crucifixion and death.

And I said "supposed" because many thought that the crucifixion had killed Him, when actually He yielded up His spirit when His time had come.