Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Paul Zellmer <zellmer AT cag.pworld.net.ph>]

John Ronning wrote:

> Dear Paul and Jimmy,
>
> I would go for whichever provides the best contrast with the description
> of the current city as a prostitute (v. 21) - ideally using the same
> word as in v. 21, if it makes sense in your target translation, since
> you have the same phrase there (qiryah ne'emanah), as you've no doubt
> noticed.

Thanks to all for the responses to this question.

John, I picked yours to respond to because you picked up the same inclusio as 
did Peter
Kirk, who responded offlist.  It was this inclusio that he referred to in 
another
thread.

Peter, we did see this parallel, and were ready to echo it in verse 26 when 
we decided
to check again the lexicons.  When Jimmy looked at the glosses given there, 
most
specifically the term, "reliable," he proposed the second possibility.  There 
appears to
be a difference between the personal characteristic, "faithful," and the 
actions which a
person does, which he associates with "reliable."  Since we are translating 
from the
Hebrew and not from the English, we thought we should get some input on the 
Hebrew
concept of this word in these cases.  Anyone know what was being emphasized 
in the
collocation of "faithful" and "prostitute" in the Hebrew?

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts.

Paul
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Paul and Dee Zellmer, Jimmy Guingab, Geoffrey Beltran
Ibanag Translation Project
Cabagan, Philippines

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