[b-hebrew] Job 28:26

David Bell davidbbell at ono.com
Tue Feb 8 12:42:55 EST 2005


Greetings:

I was looking recently at Job 28:26. The text states God made a path 
for lightning thunders.
(WDRK LXZYZ QLWT).

I'm afraid that I don't quite understand the grammar here.

The KJV ASV and RSV all treat these two nouns as a construct absolute 
chain (lightnings of the thunder). But that doesn't really seem to be 
what is happening with these two words. The majority of the other major 
translations take them together to refer to a thunderbolt (NASB) or a 
thunderstorm (NEB, NIV). The Message understands a waw between the two 
of them and translates thunder and lightning.

Could someone give me an idea about what is really going on with this 
construction! Thanks!

David Bell
davidbbell at ono.com
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