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  • From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: W:HFYFH in 1 Sam 10.9
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:14:12 -0700


Paul wrote:
> In Rolf's last response to Dave concerning the form of the weqatal, he
> spoke of the WEHAYF in 1 Sam 10:7 and 10:9. I assume he was referring
> to the first words in each verse, which our "suggested" transliteration
> scheme would spell as W:HFYFH, the weqatal form of HYH. My question
> concerns the one found in verse ten.
>
> Why is it W:HFYFH here instead of WAY(Y)IHIY? I see the variant noted
> in the BHS, but isn't this form unusual enough to expect a qathib/qere?
> Or is it so obvious that the corrected reading need not be noted?

I don't know. But I agree it's quite unusual, and in my own text-
critical work I would probably lean toward the variant.

Regarding this:
> On July 20:
> 1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull surrenders to federal troops
> 1960 USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space
> 1969 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11
> 1976 US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian
> landing

Yep. As an amateur astronomer, I'm more than a little pleased
that so many major space-related events happened on my birthday
:-)
Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
A Bible that's falling apart means a life that isn't.



  • W:HFYFH in 1 Sam 10.9, Paul Zellmer, 07/20/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: W:HFYFH in 1 Sam 10.9, Dave Washburn, 07/20/1999

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