[b-hebrew] midwives

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Sat Nov 5 09:02:17 EST 2005


Dear Bryan,

>Thanks for the discussion!  Here is a review of the "midwives" thread.
>Of course folks are weighing the evidence as they see fit.  Am I
>forgetting amything?  Any more comments?

HH: Yes, on the side favoring the Hebrew midwives you left out the 
fact that the normal and expected use of a gentilic in this position 
following a noun and in agreement with it would be adjectival.

>
>For Hebrew midwives:
>
>1a.  the patakh under the first lamed of _lamyalldot_ indicates
>_ha`ibriyyot_ must be an adjective.
>1b.  We don't like to tamper with the MT.
>2.  the LXX.
>3.  other translation tradition.
>4.  traditional Jewish commentary.
>5.  the midwives feared God.
>6.  the names are likely Semitic in origin.


				Yours,
				Harold Holmyard


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