Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>]

Hi Paul and Jimmy,

Don't you think, in the case of Isa 1:26, that the town fill be called
faithful as a result of the justice system being restored rather than some
accumulation of faithful acts?  In addition the city is decribed as being
purged of dross.  Wouldn't that be a figure representing a change in the
essential nature of the city?  If this is the case, I would think that a
word expressing intrinsic faithfulness, your first Ibanag* word, would be a
better choice.  Do you have a different word for "reliable"?  * is a
widcard ending because I don't know the correct adjective form for Ibanag! 
;-)

Shalom, 'axim!
Bryan

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> From: Paul Zellmer <zellmer AT cag.pworld.net.ph>
> To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: )MN in Is 1:26
> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 10:41 PM
> 
> We have just spent an hour discussing the Niphal feminine
> participle at the end of Is 1:26.  The descriptive phrase reads
> QiRYfH Ne)eMfNfH.  One of our choices in our target language
> refers to faithfulness as an attitude, a basic characteristic.
> The other word we are considering treats faithful as describing
> the activities done by, in this case, the [inhabitants of] the
> town.
> 
> The context seems to allow the case for either here.  The passage
> could be saying that the city will become faithful or loyal, or
> that its actions will be faithful or dependable.  (We see nothing
> here that would suggest the optional translation, "established,"
> suggesting permanence.)  So we ask how you all would interpret
> this participle, especially in this case.
> 
> Thanks for any thoughts you might have.
> 
> Paul and Jimmy
> 
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> Paul and Dee Zellmer, Jimmy Guingab, Geoffrey Beltran
> Ibanag Translation Project
> Cabagan, Philippines
> 
> zellmer AT faith.edu.ph
> 
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