[b-hebrew] agent or patient in Psa. 33:12?
Harold R. Holmyard III
hholmyard at ont.com
Tue May 11 19:34:31 EDT 2004
Dear Michael,
>In Psa. 33:12 we read:
>
>WYHL) HWHY ñ R$) YWGH YR$)
>WL HLXNL RXB M(H
>
>It is usually translated something like:
>
>ìHappy is the nation whose God is YHWH,
>The people whom He has chosen as His inheritance.î
>
>Now, whatís to prevent me from here understanding YHWH
>as ìaffected patientî (i.e. the chosen) and Ha-AM as
>ìagentî (i.e. the one doing the choosing)? This would
>produce a translation something like:
>
>ìHappy is the nation whose God is YHWH,
>The people that has chosen Him to be its inheritance.î
HH: The word order seems wrong. You would expect
LW to follow the verb and then LNXLH to follow
LW. And BXR with L and the direct object is
extremely rare (1 Sam 20:30), perhaps even a
mistake.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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