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  • From: Jan Hagen <jan.hagen AT gmx.de>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Name "Joseph"
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:49:13 +0000

Hi!

On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:32:08 EST
JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:


> An ultra literal translation of Genesis 30: 24 is: “Added YHWH to me son
> another”. In English, the word “another” must precede the word “son”,
> giving
> us the following literal translation: “Added YHWH to me another son.” Why
> the peculiar reference to “another son”? Gesenius says that this Hebrew
> word “
> another” especially means: one that follows a first or second, etc. Why
> is
> Rachel choosing such a circumspect name for her son? Why does Rachel seem
> to
> be saying, and emphasizing, that Joseph should be viewed as being just
> “another
> son”?

Why don't you read YSP as participle, which it is, and read v24 as a nominal
wish sentence?
Rachel wishes another son after Joseph , and not him being another son.

Jan Hagen




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