[b-hebrew] yorenu (Isaiah 28:26)
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard3 at earthlink.net
Sun Jun 29 20:43:33 EDT 2008
Gabe,
> Isaiah 28:26 = /vayisro l'mishpat elohaiv yorenu/
>
> English translations always render something like: "His God
> instructs/chastises him to judgment, and teaches him."
>
> My question concerns deriving "teaches HIM" from /yorenu/. I would
> think that the translation would be "he will teach US". Yet all the
> translations agree. What am I missing?
>
Do you have Gesenius-Kautzsch-Cowley, also called Gesenius' Hebrew
Grammar? It discusses this issue in #58i. There is a Nun energicum
inserted before the suffix. It is a special added syllable that gives
strength and sometimes emphasis to the verbal form.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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