[b-hebrew] Deuteronomy 20:19 )DM
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Tue Nov 15 21:45:37 EST 2005
@Ben & Karl:
I would argue that occasionally KIY does function to introduce an interrogative clause. Another example besides this one that I can find is 2 Kings 18:34
KIY-HICIYLW 'ET &M:RON MIYYADIY = have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
I think the same principle applies here in this passage here in Duet 20:19 the KIY introduces the interrogative.
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Kelton Graham
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> On Tue 15 Nov 2005 (15:03:58), kwrandolph at email.com wrote:
> > Within the sentence structure, it looks as if H)DM should
> > be a verb, but there is none listed in the dictionary that fits this
> > context. If a verb, which one? Could it be from the
> > same root as )YD ?
> >
> > LXX doesn't seem to make any sense here either.
> >
> > In the critical apparatus of Biblica Hebreica it was noted
> > that some recognize this as interrogative prefix, however
> > if so, that should be on the KY, not on )DM.
>
> KiY Ha'aDaM `eC Ha&&aReH LaBo' MiPPaNeYKa BaMMaCoWR
>
> Most of the modern translations make the last clause of verse 19 a
> rhetorical question, taking the He of He'aDaM as He interrogativa
> pointed with seghol. In this they are following the BHS footnote.
> The history of this interpretation is given by Keil & Delitzsch /ad loc/
> (which see).
>
> H)DM cannot be the subject of the sentence, but from its position
> it may be the object.
>
> The Vulgate has /quoniam lignum est et non homo nec potest bellantium
> contra te augere numerum/.
>
> The NRSV has "Are trees in the field human beings that they should come
> under siege from you?".
>
> The NIV has "Are the trees of the field people, that you should besiege
> them?".
>
> The point seems to be that fruit trees should not be devastated in a
> time of siege, so that afterwards the survivors may have something left
> to eat.
>
> Shalom
> Ben
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