[b-hebrew] TT:NAH in Ps 8 a corruption?
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Thu Mar 24 11:37:08 EST 2005
Hey what does everyone think about Psalm 8:1
'A$ER TT:NAH HODKA, do you think this [TT:NAH]is a corruption of the second masculine NTTH or imperfect TTN.
Because this translation I am getting "in all the earth which gives you honor upon the heavens." And that is not making sense. This imperative is throwing me off here.
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Kelton Graham
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
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> From: "wattswestmaas"
> To: "B-Hebrew"
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Psalm 2:11
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:31:34 -0000
>
> > Hallo
> >
> > Psalm 2:11
> > NaSHKu-VaR ? This is a five part question.
> >
> > Absolutely Nowhere in Gesenius or van de merwe grammar
> > books can I find infornation about two masoretic signs
> > that are written here:
> >
> > 1. the first is the peculiar sign above the 'bet' in
> > this phrase.
>
> You should get William Scott's Simplified Guide to BHS,
> which explains the various accent marks and textual sigla.
> It also provides glosses for the Aramaic in the Masora and
> Latin in the textual notes. Having said that, I don't have
> mine handy at the moment, but this is some type of accent
> mark. Note that there is a different accenting system for
> Psalms (and Job and Proverbs, I think) from the other books.
> >
> > 2. and what do these circles above letters mean that i
> > keep coming accross?
>
> The circles reference the masora in the outer margins. The
> first circle (from right to left) on the line references the
> first note (from top to bottom); the notes are divided by
> what look like periods.
> >
> [snipped]
> >
> > 5. since the psalmist a few verses earlier uses 'BeN'
> > for son, then I wonder why he switches from hebrew to
> > aramaic in the middle of this psalm, unless he really
> > wants his readers to understand something other than
> > 'son'?
>
> Or he might be using it for poetic effect. Foreign words, or
> more often words that are more widely attested in cognate
> languages but were apparently rare in BH, are common in
> poetry. Part of what makes Shakespeare so difficult to read
> is that he exploited the different dialects of English to
> multiply vocabulary.
>
> Trevor Peterson
> CUA/Semitics
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