Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT sil.org]

It seems odd to me that no-one has noticed the parallel that is so 
clear in Ben Crick's transcription of this verse:

 KiY B:HaR-TsiYYoWN uWBiYRuWShaLeM
 For in Mount Zion  and in Jerusalem

 TiH:YeH        P:LeY+aH        Ka'a:SheR 'aMaR YHWH
 there shall be a deliverance,  according as YHWH has said,

 uWBaSS:RiYDiYM                'a:SheR YHWH QoRe'. 
 and in the surviving remnant  whom YHWH is calling.

That is, the parallel between "Ka'a:SheR 'aMaR YHWH" and "'a:SheR YHWH 
QoRe'". So maybe the last phrase should be translated more like "YHWH 
is proclaiming this". How about this for a translation:

For there will be deliverance in Mount Zion and Jerusalem, as the LORD 
has said, and also among the survivors - the LORD is proclaiming this.

Peter Kirk