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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Translating the Psalms
  • Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:13:00 +0100

On Tue 26 Sep 2006 (18:42:09), bobmacdonald AT shaw.ca wrote:
> In Psalm 3 verse 3 (also in psalm 145 verse 3 just prior to the great
> chiasm) there is a three letter word which is not translated in the
> online helps: ; aleph yod nun; ein transcribed roughly;
>
Dear Bob,

'eYiN means "non-existence"; construct 'eYN. E.g. 'eYN-YoSeP BaBoWR
Joseph was not in the pit, Genesis 37:29. 'eYN LiY I have not (there is
nothing to me). It can take personal pronominal suffixes 'eNeNNiY, etc,
I am not, you are not, he is not, etc. It also has prepositianl prefixes
as in Psalm 73:2 K:'aYiN $uPP:KaH 'a:$uRaY my steps had almost slipped.

It also comes in 1 Samuel 4:21, 14:3 as 'eY in the name 'eYKaBoD,
Ichabod, or "there is no glory". The weak letter Nun drops out or is
assimilated in the compound.

In Psalm 3:3 (3:2 in English versions) 'eYN Y:$uWaTaH LoW means "there
is no help for him [in God]".

In Psalm 145:3 'eYN CeQeR means "it is not searchable".

Shalom

Ben
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