Kidneys and the re'em was Re: Character Discussion: Ron/Fred and George

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No: HPFGUIDX 126486


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
> wrote:
> 
> Pippin:
> > I don't claim to be a Biblical scholar but maybe I can shed a 
> little 
> > light on this. According to a note  in Tanakh, the English 
> > translation of the Hebrew scripture prepared by the Jewish 
> > Publication Society, the literal meaning of the phrase in Psalm 
> > 26 is "kidneys and heart" . The text uses "heart and mind." I 
could 
> > add that 'kidney" has also been used figuratively in English to 
> > mean temperament or nature, as "a gentleman of that kidney."
> 
> Geoff:
> That possibly covers the Psalm reference, which would be in Aramaic
> (?) I imagine that the Revelation text would be Greek.

The psalms are in Hebrew. All the old testament is, other than 
Daniel. NT - Greek, although parts of it are thought to be 
translations of older Aramaic texts. I think that Revelations is 
thought to have been originally written in Greek.

Naama