GeseniusвЂ™ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon has the following entry for вЂњЧ©ЦёЧЃЧЄЦ·Чџ shГўthan:вЂќ For now, just notice that вЂњpissвЂќ is no вЂњmis-translationвЂќ on the part of the 1611 translators. We will get to all the various aspects of the matter. urinate:-piss.вЂќ In other words, вЂњpissвЂќ is a valid translation of the underlying Hebrew text of the King James Bible Old Testament. StrongвЂ™s Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary of the Old Testament has the following as entry #H8366: вЂњЧ©ЦёЧЃЧЄЦ·Чџ shГўthan, shaw-thanвЂ™ a primitive root (causatively) to make water, i.e. 2 Kings 9:8: вЂњFor the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:вЂ¦.вЂќ.1 Kings 21:21: вЂњBehold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,вЂ¦.вЂќ.1 Kings 16:11: вЂњAnd it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.вЂќ.1 Kings 14:10: вЂњTherefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.вЂќ.1 Samuel 25:34: вЂњFor in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.вЂќ.1 Samuel 25:22: вЂњSo and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.вЂќ.The phrase вЂњpisseth against the (/a) wallвЂќ appears six times in the King James Bible.

Is not вЂњpissвЂќ slang and vulgar? How can GodвЂ™s Word use it over and over again? Were the 1611 translators wrong for employing the term? And, how is вЂњagainst a wallвЂќ related to all of this? Prepare for a Bible lesson, cultural insight, and some studies in etymology! Some genuine Bible-believing Christians, including myself, have stumbled over it for years. WHY DOES THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAY, вЂњPISSETH AGAINST THE WALL?вЂќДЄny reader of the Authorized Version has encountered this phrase several times in the вЂњOld Testament.вЂќ It is an object of criticism in the lips and pens of King James Bible critics.

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