Questions about the MKJV

The Hebrew word is the same.

 

>Originally posted by skanwmatos:
> Well, technically, the "dual" is an alternate form of the standard plural, and does not imply anything more or less than plurality. To call it "dual" is thus something of a misnomer, since it does NOT mean that there are only two of the given items.

nope, it's a grammatical category; so there's no need to compare it w real-life categories. n technically, a DUAL's a DUAL. nice red herring, though.

> Note Deut 10:14. Note another Hebrew collective "shinayim" meaning "teeth" which is also grammatically a dual but refers to all 32 teeth! In this case the dual is probably used to indicate a pair, the heaven and the earth,

isn't it funny, when u go off the rails rather than answer the question, who gave the right to change the form in translation?

but what a hoot, how is it that in the pair "heaven n earth," only the heaven part gets the DUAL form but not the earth?

> even though it is clear that "heaven" includes the atmospheric "heaven," the stellar "heaven," and the abode of God.
> This may also indicate it is the atmospheric and stellar heavens which are being referenced and does not include the abode of God.

only a fertile imagination wld go around attempting to justify instances of the grammatical category of DUALs!

in fact, the opposite of what u do is true. the DUAL Form points a SINGULAR referent. Shamayim n Mayim, both dual in form, refer to the sky (singular) n water (singular).

that's why the LXX n the NT translates them in the singular, Houranos n Hydwr.

> But it is, none the less, a collective and can be translated either way.

sorry, but forms aren't meant to be translated; doing otherwise is a fallacy of Formal Equivalence, not a principle of translation (which wld be to translate the Meaning, not the Form).

BUT, back to Askjo's question, the different betw MKJV's heaven n old KJB's heavenS is that the former is a Meaning-based equivalent, n the latter a Form-based (n even then, confusing the Dual w the Plural) equivalent.