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  • From: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Zechariah 1.16 YHWH's return
  • Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 10:31:26 -0400


You also have the return announced in Isaiah 52:8.
The return of the vessels is the return of YHWH (52:11-12).
Liz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: peterg45 AT excite.com [mailto:peterg45 AT excite.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 8:22 PM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Zechariah 1.16
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>
> Hi
> I friend and I are having a discussion concerning the "glory
> of the Lord"
> departing from the Temple in Jerusalem, as related by Ezekiel. He claims
> that it never returned. However, I claim that Zechariah proclaims to the
> returned exiles that God has returned--Zechariah 1.16. The RSV translates:
> "I have returned" (the verb form is "shabti" (qal perf.). The NIV
> translates
> it as: "I will return." The NKJV translates it: "I am
> returning.". Gesenius
> Grammar is about as specific as BilClinton talking about his relationship
> with Monica.
> Does anyone out there have a suggestion on how this particular qal
> perfect is to be translated, and why?
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  • RE: Zechariah 1.16 YHWH's return, Liz Fried, 04/03/2001

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