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  • From: "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>
  • To: "Bill Ross" <BillRoss AT norisksoftware.com>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Psalm 98:7 "Let the sea roar"
  • Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 18:11:10 +0100


At 14:15 27/04/02, Bill Ross wrote:

Psalms 98:7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and
they that dwell therein.

It seems that this verse is couched in a very positive segment. My
question then is, is there anything in the Hebrew here to indicate that
this "roaring" is a positive or a negative thing? I mean, can it mean to
roar in anguish rather than pleasure?

Bill:
I think you are relying too much on the syntax of one English translation.
Contrast these translations:
The JPS has: " Let the sea and all within it thunder "
Grail: " "Let the sea and all within it, thunder"
Mesorah: " The sea and its fullness will roar "

Exactly the same phrase in Hebrew appears in Ps. 96:11 where the Mesorah translation notes, quoting Radak, that _its fullness_ refers to the fish which fill the sea; they, too, will sing God's praises -- "for the universal abundance and peace which will envelop the earth in the Messianic era ".

Regards
Maurice




Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie







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