timshel : thou mayest a reminder that we all have a choice

"Timshel" or "Thou Mayest" I've wanted this tattoo for a while. From Steinbeck's East of Eden.

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"And I feel that a man is a very important thing—maybe more important than a star. This is not theology. I have no bent toward gods. But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed— because ‘Thou mayest.’” #Eastofeden #timshel #steinbeck

“Don’t you see?” he cried. “The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin, and you can call sin ignorance. The King James translation makes a promise in ‘Thou shalt,’ meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world." East of Eden, John Steinbeck.

timshel; Hebrew for thou mayest. First tattoo with many more on the way -C

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My newest tattoo. Timshel = thou mayest