Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

Why is this translated "I give you *as* a covenant of the people, a light of
nations?"
Why isn't it "I give you *to* a covenanted people, *to* the light of
nations?
The verb NTN routinely takes L to indicate the recipient.
In this way, the servant then is given *to* Israel, and is not Israel
himself.
Comments?

Thanks.
Liz

Lisbeth S. Fried
Visiting Scholar
University of Michigan
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
lizfried AT umich.edu

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