[b-hebrew] Ps 25:17

Peter Kirk peterkirk at qaya.org
Sun Sep 25 19:04:47 EDT 2005


On 25/09/2005 02:36, Mark Eddy wrote:

> ...
>
>Mark: But that's by no means certain. The LXX understood it as a construct.
>But the form is the same as a non-construct plural. The only two other times
>that this exact form ZaROTH is used in the Hebrew Bible (Job 5:19 and Psalm
>71:20, see also Psalm 46:2; Deut. 31:17 & 21) the form is definitely NOT
>construct.
>  
>

Wouldn't the construct form be C:ROWT with sheva, not qamats, according
to regular rule for shortening of construct forms? If so, that would
tend to confirm that this is an absolute form.

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