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  • From: Bill Burks <rwburks AT flash.net>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Psalm 73:1
  • Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:04:40 -0500


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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