Sabtu, 26 Februari 2011

Muhammed in the Song of Songs King Solomon

Question
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If some people say that there is no name of Muhammad in the Bible, it is not right. In the Koran, it is written:
7:157 Those who follow the Apostle-Prophet, the Ummi, whom they find written down with them in the Taurat and the Injeel (who) enjoins them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful to them the good things and makes unlawful to them impure things, and removes from them their burden and the shackles which were upon them; so (as for) those who believe in him and honor him and help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him, these it is that are the successful. (QS Al A’raf 7: 157)
The verse is telling that the name Muhammad in the Bible. All right, let us look in the Bible.
We know that there are 66 books of the Bible. It consists of 39 Book of the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament. New Testament written in Greek, while the Old Testament written in Hebrew — which was the native language / language of Jesus' day that time. Indeed, there is no name Muhammad in the Bible translation, because it has been translated into English. But if we read it in the ancient manuscripts (the original Hebrew manuscript), the Song of Songs / Song of Solomon / Song of Solomon, we can find:
חִכּוֺ מַמְתַקִּים וְכֻלּוֺ מַחֲמַדִּים זֶה דוֺדִי וְזֶה רֵעִי בְּנוֺת יְרוּשָלָםִׁ:
If the read sound more or less like this:
"Hikow mamtaqim wkulow Muhammadim zeh dowdiy wzeh ree` iy bnowt yruushaalaaim. " (Song of Solomon 5: 16)
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There are words in the verse Muhammadim
Muhammadim = Muhammad + im.
Additional suffix "-im" is "the plural of respect"
Thus, the purpose of the verse is the word uttered by Muhammad 'All of respect”
"16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem" (Song of Solomon 5: 16)
If we keep these names, it will be so:
" His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is Muhammad .... (Song of Solomon 5: 16)

Answer
Pronunciation of Hebrew readings above is less precise. Pronunciation Song of Solomon 5:16 more appropriately for the verse is as follows:
Original Language חִכּוֺ מַמְתַקִּים וְכֻלּוֺ מַחֲמַדִּים זֶה דוֺדִי וְזֶה רֵעִי בְּנוֺת יְרוּשָלָםִׁ
less precisely Hikow mamtaqim wkulow Muhammadim zeh dowdiy wzeh ree` iy bnowt yruushaalaaim.
precisely mēmətēqîm iko h wəkullô   àmadîm mah zeh dodi wəzeh î `re bənôt yərûšālāim
The inappropriate pronunciation leading to the wrong conclusions on מַחֲמַדִּים words is as follows:
  • In above question, the word מַחֲמַדִּים is pronounced "Muhammadim ", when it should be pronounced ‘mahàmadîm’. Notice, the letter ח ‘het’ in the word מַחֲמַדִּים ‘mahàmadîm’ is wrongly pronounced 'h' in the above question, when it should be pronounced ‘h’. Huh! What's the difference between 'h' and ‘h’.
  • Different letters. The letter 'h' in Hebrew is written with letters ה ‘He’, while the letter 'h ' in Hebrew is written with the letter ח ‘het’. The letter 'h' (ה 'He') is different from the letter ‘h’ (ח ‘het’) and the two individual letters were not interchangeable.
  • Different pronunciation. Pronunciation of letter ‘h’ (ח ‘het’) is no similarity in English vocabulary. It is pronounced in the middle between two English consonants, ‘h’ and ‘k/ ch’. It is resemble word χ in Greek, if you know Greek. Meanwhile, the letter 'h' (ה 'Heh') is pronounced "h" as word “hot” in English. Both are different individual consonants.
  • The other inappropriate pronunciation is 'm' (מ 'mem') in the word מַחֲמַדִּים. The letter in the word is not pronounced as double consonant. Not pronounced "mm", but "m".
From the above explanation, it is known that the word מַחֲמַדִּים ‘mahàmadîm’ (Hebrew) is not pronounced 'Muhammadim' at all.
What is the meaning of Hebrew word מַחֲמַדִּים ‘mahàmadîm’?
  • The word מַחֲמַדִּים ‘mahàmadîm’ comes from the word מַחֲמַדִ ‘mahàmad (makhamad)’ which has lexical meaning "desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing, delightful, object of affection or desire, beloved, desire, goodly, lovely".
  • The suffix "-im" in the context of the sentence is majestic plural
  • Song of Songs is a book of poetry which tells of the love between husband and wife should be a symbol of God's love to His people. From this context, we can know that the word מַחֲמַדִּים ‘mahàmadîm’ meaning: adored lover or adored one.
Meaning of the word "Muhammad" in Arabic is “noble”
In addition, word מַחֲמַדִּים ‘mahàmadîm’ (adored lover) was in the Hebrew language domain, whereas the word "Muhammad" (noble) is in the Arabic language domain.
From the aspects of orthography, phonology, and semantics, the מַחֲמַדִּים ‘mahàmadîm’ does not refer to "Muhammad".
Knowing the linguistic aspects — including proper pronunciation — it is known that the מַחֲמַדִּים ‘mahàmadîm’ (Hebrew, meaning "adored lover") does not refer to "Mohammed" (Arabic, meaning "noble").
Meanwhile, for the Qur'an verse Q.S Al A’raf 7: 157, we did not comment further except to note that the words "the name of Muhammad" never written in the verse. It is just interpretation.
So, is "Muhammad" is written in the Bible or not? Often we are asked about this issue. We have the view that the Bible is a complete book. For example, the destruction of Nabataea Arabic kingdom, the Roman invasion, the destruction of Jerusalem, the destruction of the ottoman empire Turkey, the glorification of science and technology, world war I and II, the expansion of the Mongol army into the West, the nation and the state of Indonesia (discussed in our e-book titled "Indonesia in the Bible" ), the Western powers and the European Union that will be saddled with the Antichrist, and major events in world history is written in the Bible and has written thousands of years earlier. It Is not extraordinary thing if one day someone were discovered that Muhammad the prophet is written in the Bible, given its role in the history of the world also is relatively dominant, to date. Only indeed, until now we have not found a verse in the Bible that explicitly refers to the prophet Muhammad, although it is written in the Bible verses that refer to the people of Prophet Muhammad (symbolized as "flocks of Kedar (Caidar)", "rams of Nebaioth", " the young camels of Midian and Ephah"). If his followers there, so if one day someone were found a paragraph written explicitly Muhammad name, it is not extraordinary matter.

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