[b-hebrew] resource material was chalal-perforate/pierce?
Isaac Fried
if at math.bu.edu
Tue Sep 11 07:31:48 EDT 2007
Bryant,
There is, of course, Isaiah 27:1
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִפְקֹד יְהוָה
בְּחַרְבּוֹ הַקָּשָׁה
וְהַגְּדוֹלָה וְהַחֲזָקָה עַל
לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ וְעַל
לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֹן
וְהָרַג אֶת-הַתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּם
But here reference, I think, is to A$UR and MICRAIM.
Also the poetical flair of Psalms 74:13-14
אַתָּה פוֹרַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם
שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים עַל-
הַמָּיִם אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי
לִוְיָתָן
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Sep 10, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Bryant J. Williams III wrote:
> Dear Isaac,
>
> Isaiah 51:9
> מְחוֹלֶלֶת תַּנִּיןעוּרִי כִּימֵי
> קֶדֶם דֹּרוֹת עוֹלָמִים הֲלוֹא
> אַתְּ-הִיא הַמַּחְצֶבֶת רַהַב
> עוּרִי עוּרִי לִבְשִׁי-עֹז זְרוֹעַ
> יְהוָה
> (BHS)
> 9 Awake, awake, put on strength,
> O arm of the Lord!
> Awake, as in days of old,
> the generations of long ago!
> Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
> who pierced the dragon?
> (NRSV)
> [Hebrew You slew Rahab; you pierced the dragon.]
>
>
> and the second in Job 26:12-13
>
> רָהַב בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה
> חֹלְלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ
> בָּרִחַבְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם
> וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ מָחַץ
>
>
> 12 By his power he stilled the Sea;
> by his understanding he struck down Rahab.
> 13 By his wind the heavens were made fair;
> (by)his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
> (NRSV)
>
> Now regarding the context of Isaiah 51:9.
> I. Call to the nation to the trust the Lord in 51:1-8.
> II. Call to the Lord to deliver the nation in 51:9-11.
> III. Comfort of the Lord to the nation in deliverance in 51:12-16.
> IV. Condolences to the nation because of the Wrath of the Lord in
> 51:17-20.
> V. Comfort to the Afflicted in 51:21-23.
>
> There is an appeal to the covenant made with Abraham in verse 2.
> The appeal to God's righteous character in vss. 4, 5, 7. The appeal
> to God's power in vss. 9, 10. It is in the midst of these appeals
> that the power of God is seen in how he dealt with Rahab with the
> use of a rhetorical question that demands a "yes" as answer in
> synonymous parallelism. "Rahab/dragon" and "cut in pieces(slew)/
> pierced" are parallel to each other. What confirms that XALAL means
> "pierce," here, is that in order to cut something into pieces is
> that one has to pierce.
>
> Regarding the passage in Job 26:12-13.
>
> The context is one of Job in reply to Bildar in 25:1-6 where Bildad
> accuses Job of not knowing God's ways and unable to prove himself
> before God. Job's reply begins with 6 rhetorical (sarcastic)
> questions in 26:1-4. All the questions require a "no" as an answer.
> In 26:5-14 Job uses several illustrations from the created world to
> describe the omnipotence of God. The parallelism is between "By his
> power he stilled the Sea/By his wind the heavens were made fair"
> and "by his understanding he struck down Rahab/his hand pierced the
> fleeing serpent." Here, "struck" [MaXaC] is paralleled with
> "pierced" [XALAL].
>
> Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
>
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