Evening mornings

English translation: evenings and mornings

17:21 Apr 14, 2020
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Religion
English term or phrase: Evening mornings
"Then after the first 2300 evening mornings of the great tribulation period, once again in September of 1994 God began to evangelize the world with what the Bible calls the latter rain."

Hello! I'm confused with the presence of the word "evening" next to "morning" in this text. I've checked possible meanings for "evening" as an adjective and none seem convenient enough for the context. Any ideas, or do you think it's a mistake in the original text? Thank you.
Mina Fayek
Local time: 12:26
Selected answer:evenings and mornings
Explanation:
This is a reference to chapter 8, verse 14 of the Book of Daniel. The common translation of the Hebrew source text, reads:
"He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored.”"

It is part of a prophecy about the end of days. The biblical text actually reads "erev (evening) boker (morning)" with no "and" between evening / morning, which is where "evening mornings" comes from

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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs (2020-04-15 19:40:14 GMT)
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Hi Mina, Yes, that's in Hebrew, not too different from Arabic. The transliteration of the complete sentence is:

"Vayomer eli ad erev boker elefayim ushalosh meot ve nitzdak kodesh."
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Mark Robertson
Local time: 10:26
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5 +6evenings and mornings
Mark Robertson
3 -1= evening mournings
Alexios Theodorov (X)


  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
evening mornings
= evening mournings


Explanation:
Hello.
Just a typo as it seems.

Alexios Theodorov (X)
Russian Federation
Local time: 13:26
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Neil Ashby: I thought this at first, but what are "evening mournings"?
16 mins

disagree  Evgeniya Staykova: It's not a typo. https://biblehub.com/commentaries/daniel/8-14.htm Just one of numerous links with explanations and interpretations.
21 mins
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
evening mornings
evenings and mornings


Explanation:
This is a reference to chapter 8, verse 14 of the Book of Daniel. The common translation of the Hebrew source text, reads:
"He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored.”"

It is part of a prophecy about the end of days. The biblical text actually reads "erev (evening) boker (morning)" with no "and" between evening / morning, which is where "evening mornings" comes from

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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs (2020-04-15 19:40:14 GMT)
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Hi Mina, Yes, that's in Hebrew, not too different from Arabic. The transliteration of the complete sentence is:

"Vayomer eli ad erev boker elefayim ushalosh meot ve nitzdak kodesh."

Mark Robertson
Local time: 10:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: "Erev boker" - that's in Hebrew, right?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evgeniya Staykova
5 mins
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agree  Neil Ashby: Certainly makes more sense.
14 mins
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agree  Katya Kesten
3 hrs
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agree  Lydia De Jorge
4 hrs
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agree  Yvonne Gallagher: has to be
21 hrs
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agree  Sarah Simmonds
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