Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Kevin L. Barney" <klbarney AT yahoo.com>]

1.  In Isa. 54:2, MT's yattu is third person masculine plural jussive. 
BHS gives a couple of alternatives in the apparatus:  (a) yuttu (cf.
Aquila, Symmachus and Theodotion, ektathEtOsan), or hatti (cf. LXX, Syriac
and Vulgate).  Can anyone tell me how to parse these other forms, what
they would mean, and your thoughts as to the best reading in this passage?

2.  In Isa. 20:1, MT reads (the) Tartan, spelled trtn; 1QIs^a has twrtn. 
Is the vav just a mater?  Is there any material difference between MT and
1QIs^a here, or is this just a spelling variation?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Kevin L. Barney
klbarney AT yahoo.com
Hoffman Estates, IL