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  • From: "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>
  • To: "Steve Fontenot" <fonsr AT bigfoot.com>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Song of Solomon 1:4
  • Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 15:49:26 +0100


At 01:45 17/05/02, Steve Fontenot wrote:

"rejoice in you" (NASB) - NKJV says, "rejoice in you. Feminine singular,
that is, the Shulamite." NIV says, "delight in you; {The Hebrew is
masculine singular.}" Which is correct?

Steve:
The BHS shows masc. sing i.e as in NIV.
The only note in the apparatus dealing with this part of v.4 has to do with a Qumran ms. which reverses the order of " exult " and "rejoice".

Likewise, Dotan [ Dotan, Aron, ed. Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson, 2001.] shows masc. sing.

So, I wonder where the NKJV note derives from --- eisegesis, perhaps? it wouldn't be the first time <g>


Regards
Maurice



Maurice A. O'Sullivan
[Bray, Ireland]

"Apply yourself wholly to the text; apply the text wholly to yourself."
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