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  • From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 64:4
  • Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:22:32 -0500

Dear Sujata,

Here's a try at a word-for-word translation of Isa 64:4:

And from ancient time they have not heard, they have not listened to-eye has not seen-a God besides you He acts for the one who waits for Him.

I think the phrase "He acts for the one who waits for Him" is really an unmarked relative clause. That is, it lacks a particle like a relative pronoun but really modifies "God."

So it would be:

And from ancient time people have not heard or perceived (no eye has seen) a God besides You who acts for the one who waits for Him.

Now that's 64:4 in an English Bible. Is that what you wanted, or did you want Isa 64:4 in a Hebrew Bible?

Yours,
Harold Holmyard




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