| | :::How about simply "eat dirt"?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 14:22, December 24, 2022 (EST) | | :::How about simply "eat dirt"?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 14:22, December 24, 2022 (EST) |
| | ::::I strongly think that "earth" should be used instead of "dirt" or "dust." That way, it's infinitely easier for readers to grasp the possibility of the symbolic meaning (otherwise, they would have to research the corresponding Hebrew word to know that both "dust" and "earth" are valid translations of the Hebrew word "aphar"), with the analogy between "serpent consuming earth [the ground]," the literal understanding, corresponding to "Satan consuming earth [the planet]," the symbolic one. Also, I think that whatever change is ultimately made for Genesis 3:14, it should be consistently corresponded with a change in the proposed conservative translation in [https://www.biblehub.com/isaiah/65-25.htm Isaiah 65:25], which evidently talks about serpents eating dust in a literal sense. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Exodus 23:2)</sup>]]''''' Saturday, 14:50, December 24, 2022 (EST) | | ::::I strongly think that "earth" should be used instead of "dirt" or "dust." That way, it's infinitely easier for readers to grasp the possibility of the symbolic meaning (otherwise, they would have to research the corresponding Hebrew word to know that both "dust" and "earth" are valid translations of the Hebrew word "aphar"), with the analogy between "serpent consuming earth [the ground]," the literal understanding, corresponding to "Satan consuming earth [the planet]," the symbolic one. Also, I think that whatever change is ultimately made for Genesis 3:14, it should be consistently corresponded with a change in the proposed conservative translation in [https://www.biblehub.com/isaiah/65-25.htm Isaiah 65:25], which evidently talks about serpents eating dust in a literal sense. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Exodus 23:2)</sup>]]''''' Saturday, 14:50, December 24, 2022 (EST) |
| | + | :::::Your points are excellent and I agree. The symbolic meaning is conveyed better -- indeed, powerfully -- by "eat earth," rather than "eat dirt." Please edit as you think best.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 14:56, December 24, 2022 (EST) |