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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: "Yaakov Stein" <yaakov_s AT rad.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The root BR)
  • Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:21:34 -0400

Yaakov,

Rashi, after saying W-AL TI-TMAH for the plural, brings there, in Genesis 20:13, the example of Samuel 7:13, where King David, in one of his more expansive poetical moments, says: A$ER HALKU ELOHIM LIPDOT LO L(AM, but the verse ends on an ambiguous note, possibly due to the good king becoming giddy out of shear reverential excitement.
I see also that Unkelos endeavors to translate Genesis 20:13 by quite a twist:
וַהֲוָה כַּד טְעוֹ עַמְמַיָּא בָּתַר עוּבָדֵי יְדֵיהוֹן יָתִי קָרֵיב יְיָ לְדַחְלְתֵיהּ מִבֵּית אַבָּא
all in an effort to avoid a plural reference to an act by the God of Abraham.
In Psalms 58:12 King David is at it again.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 29, 2008, at 12:55 AM, Yaakov Stein wrote:

Isaac,

After my last email I thought of HBH NRDH WNBLH and N)$H (DM,
but I just received my daily digest and see that these were already
proposed. I agree with your interpretation that these are weaker
as they seem to be God speaking to the angels.

Here are some more (although you specifically asked for verb forms) :

ELOHIM XYYM that appears sometimes,
to be contrasted with ELOHIM XY in other places.

ELOHIM QROBYM (LYW of Deut 4:6

HELOHIM H(DYRYM of SamI 4:8
(although in the mouths of Philistines)

ELOHIM $OPTYM Psalms 58:12

Yaakov (J) Stein






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