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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: Barry <nebarry AT verizon.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isa 48:16
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:13:15 -0800

Barry:

The direct object marker is optional, particularly in poetry. Context is what determines if this is a direct object. Look even at the verses around this one: e.g. vs. 13 … ידי יסדה ארץ … no direct object marker there yet ארץ is the direct object of this phrase. So there’s nothing in ורוחו that prevents it from being a direct object. And the context seems to indicate that it is in fact a direct object.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Barry <nebarry AT verizon.net> wrote:
ִרְבוּ אֵלַי שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת לֹא מֵרֹאשׁ בַּסֵּתֶר דִּבַּרְתִּי מֵעֵת הֱיֹותָהּ שָׁם אָנִי וְעַתָּה אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה
שְׁלָחַנִי וְרוּחֹו׃

I am especially interested in the last phrase, וְרוּחֹו Should it be
translated as a subject, or as a direct object? I would expect the
direct object marker, but apparently that's optional with the waw? Of
ancient translators, Jerome took it as a subject, the LXX is ambiguous.

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