Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bill Burks <rwburks AT flash.net>]

Ok I made a mistake ... I just left my computer for a moment and realized the 
the "It has
been proposed" should have been translated "to the straight one of God" ... 
sorry for any
confusion.

Bill Burks

Bill Burks wrote:

> George and Bill,
>
> I first want to say that I agree completely with the comments on the 
> translation by
> George:
>
> He wrote:
>
> > )aK +oWB L:Yi&:Rf)"L ):eLoHiYM
> > L:BfR"Y L"BfB
> >
> > As literalistic as I can make it the passage goes
> >
> > Surely good to Israel [is] God
> > to pure ones of heart.
> >
>
> And I also find agreement on his comments concerning parallel ideas in 
> Hebrew.  There
> are a couple of things I would note here.  If I am reading my BHS codes 
> correctly the
> word  concerning the word L:Yi&Rf)"l  "It has been proposed" (prp) lay.f$fr 
>   )l which
> would render this word for Israel as "to the straight (one)".  If this 
> reading were
> correct and the phrase "to the straight one" were to be put into the 
> translation
> provided by George it would read:
>
> Surely good to *the straight one" [is] God
> to pure ones of heart.
>
> Also I would note that verse 2 also seems to be a contrasting parrallel to 
> the
> information in verse 1.  The second passage goes like this ( I am using the
> rosetta.atla-centr Transliteration Codes for this if not the correct set of
> transliteration codes for the list ... please help me pick the correct 
> ones):
>
> wa)Aniy     k.im:(a+    nf+Uy  rag:lfy   k.:)ayin   $up.:kah   )A$urfy
>
> but I like (an) insignificant (one), my feet have turned aside (qere),
> like nothing foot steps are poured out (both qere and ketib).
>
> nf+Uy (ketib) qal passive part. masc. singular ... nf+fyU  (qere) qal 
> perfect 3rd pers
> plural  ...
> $up.:kah  (ketib) qal passive perfect 3rd person feminine singular ... 
> $up.:ku.
>
> The above qere seem to  function .... the first is to correct number and 
> gender ...
>
> So it looks as though we may have the following pattern.
>
> (phrase1+restatement of phrase 1) contrasted to (phrase2+restatement of 
> phrase 2).
>
> I hope this helps ... I am just learning to use the masorah apparatus and 
> thought I
> would look at this verse for fun.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Burks
>
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