Posted on 10/12/2001 10:19:27 AM PDT by ArGee
Nope, how about "I agree!"
It's actually the old word for papyrus, based on the name of the Phoenicean city Byblos from where papyrus was imported. Papyrus is what they used to use to write on, like paper. Paper as a word is the modern form of the old word papyrus.
Akin to...
07121 qara' {kaw-raw'}
a primitive root [rather identical with 07122 through the idea of
accosting a person met]; TWOT - 2063; v
AV - call 528, cried 98, read 38, proclaim 36, named 7, guests 4,
invited 3, gave 3, renowned 3, bidden 2, preach 2, misc 11; 735
1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint,
call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned,
be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen
Hmmm, Koran could be a word play with...
07160 qaran {kaw-ran'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 2072; v
AV - shine 3, has horns 1; 4
1) to shine
1a) (Qal) to send out rays
1b) (Hiphil) to display or grow horns, be horned
Maybe, but consider this...I would have had a lot more confidence in Moses on the day of departure if I had witnessed all of plagues and works God had wrought. The Red Sea would have sealed the deal for me. Then I could have made that long hike.
In contrast, although Muslims say they "Respect" the Bible, the Quoran contradicts it in numerous regards. The Bible says that God's blessing and favor passed from Isaac to Jacob, but Muslims say it really passed to Ishmael--one of numerous such differences. For a Christian it is hard to see how Islam can be anything but a heresy. (Yes, I know many Freepers don't like the word, because it makes them think of the Spanish Inquisition and they want the freedom to think what they like. But simply put, any "heresy" is a false version of a religion that cannot be squared with the true one.) If Islam is true, then Judaism and Christianity must be wrong on many critical points--including especially the nature of Jesus.
It was for that reason that Christians all through the middle ages referred to Mohammed as Mahound, and identified him with the Devil.
Notice that I am not arguing intolerance toward all Muslims. That is another issue. But I am saying that the Koran cannot be squared with the Bible. It often echoes it, but it also distorts and contradicts it in numerous ways.
Yeah, you'd think, wouldn't you? Yet all those who asked Aaron to cast a calf of gold and then held an orgy of worship to it were witnesses to all of G-d's wonders. They knew because they had seen, yet they still doubted the moment the wonders stopped.
People are fickle. There's no two ways about it. And our faithlessness is not cured by G-d's miracles.
Shalom.
Shalom.
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