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Re: Judges 5:8

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yon_saf AT bezeqint.net>
To: Michael Warren Abernathy <mabernat AT cub.kcnet.org>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Judges 5:8
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 12:33:59 +0200

According to the pointing it's singular, but the consonantal text can be
read as the defective orthography of the plural. Many other examples.
Sincerely,
Jonathan D. Safren
Chairman
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Israel
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From: "Michael Warren Abernathy" <mabernat AT cub.kcnet.org>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: Judges 5:8

> I noticed that most translations render yibhar elohim as "They chose
> gods."
> This looks like a 3rd person masculine singular to me. Am I missing
> something?
> Sincerely,
> Michael Abernathy
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Judges 5:8, Michael Warren Abernathy, 02/01/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Judges 5:8, Jonathan D. Safren, 02/02/2001
- Re: Judges 5:8, John Barach, 02/02/2001
- Re: Judges 5:8, Harold R. Holmyard III, 02/02/2001