(November 7, 2008 at 10:48 am)Daystar Wrote: The Hebrew word is chugh (hhug), which can also mean spherical. Only a spherical object like a ball appears as a circle from every angle. Some translations read "the globe of the earth" (Douay Version) and "the round earth." - (Moffatt)Wrong again: http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/heb/vi...mber=02329
Thealogians agree that the word "Chuwg" means circle, circuit, compass, vault. Not "sphere". In fact, there is no word for "sphere" in ancient hebrew, the closest word being "ball" (duwr).