[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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