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: : Lee Daniel Quinn wrote: : : > For many years, scholars have been translating Phoenician tablets. : : > They have thousands of them -- most being what we would call : : > bills of lading or shipping manifests. For a while they gave up : : > because they were all about the same. : : > An unnamed translator kept at it, and found that there were two : : > parties that added, at the bottom of the regular lists, notes : : > of a personal nature. These findings were very interesting. : : > The reason for the above comment is that, in a note from one man : : > to the other, he said, in essence: : : > Did you hear about John's wife? She has become : : > paralyzed. She has, what they say in this area, : : > "turned into a pillar of salt." : : : : Lee, its time for you to start a new career, in Biblical exegesis. : : I agree with you. Lot's wife became paralyzed. Here's why: : : The Hebrew phrase for "became a pillar of salt" is: : : N'TZiB MeLaX (where X = het) : : TZiB is a euphemistic reversal of BoTZ = mire, mud : : When you, or more likely your wagon, become mired in the mud, : : you can't move. : : A Hebrew word for paralysis is shin-bet-tzadi SHaBaTZ : : = cramp, convulsion; apoplexy, i.e., a sudden, usu. marked, : : loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of : : a blood vessel. The initial shin in this word functions : : as a prefix meaning "that which is caused by or results from". : : The MeLaX = salt is a euphemistic reversal of het-lamed-mem : : XaLaM = to be healthy, be strong. That is, she became weak : : and not healthy, probably as the result of a stroke or : : thrombosis. : : Israel Cohen : : izzy_cohen@bmc.com : I just came across your interepretation of Lot's wife turning into a : pillar : of salt in Lot's wife --> pillar of salt:Genesis Discussion Deck. I was : wondering if you also think it possible that the "pillar of salt" : refers to : what happens to people during volcanic explosions like that of Pompeii : and : Mount Vesuvius. Could you please offer your criticisms of this theory? : Your help would be most appreciated. : : THANKS! : Farah Islam

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