Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

I'm curious about the clause MIP.:N"Y )A:$ER YFRAD (FLFYW 
YHWH BF)"$ in this passage.  Specifically, the arrangement of 
words seems...odd.  From my transformational POV, it looks as 
though the )$R clause has been moved ahead of YHWH; the deep 
(pre-movement) clause would have been MIP.:N"Y YHWH )A:$ER 
YFRAD (FLFYW BF)"$, "from the face of YHWH who descended 
upon it in fire."  The problem is the last word, BF)"$.  Why didn't it 
get moved with the rest of the clause?  The rest of the clause 
appears to have been moved into a position between MIP.:N"Y and 
YHWH, making the )$R clause the nomen rectum of the construct 
chain.  Maybe BF)"$ did get moved, then YHWH was moved up for 
some reason?  Or maybe it's a scribal problem?  I'm curious as to 
what some of you discourse folks think of this clause, I'm also 
curious about what Vince thinks of it.  For a constituent movement 
fan like me, it's a bit of a mystery.

Dave Washburn
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