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RE: mevaseret in Isaiah (was company or women)

From: "David Taylor" <dave201 AT mail.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: mevaseret in Isaiah (was company or women)
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:25:10 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 19:59:53 +0100
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: mevaseret in Isaiah (was company or women)

> One translation tradition (e.g. KJV) understands "mevasseret Zion" in
> Isaiah 40:9 as adjective and noun: "O Zion, herald of good tidings"
> (NRSV). This would explain the feminine: Zion is feminine.

If it this is the case then it would be "Zion mevasseret" and not the other
way round. The only way that I can think of where the noun follows the
adjective in Hebrew is if it is in the middle of the sentence. For example: "
Mevasseret, Zion, be-daver tov"

Regards,

Dave
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mevaseret in Isaiah (was company or women), Lisbeth S. Fried, 05/27/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- mevaseret in Isaiah (was company or women), Randall Buth, 05/27/2002
- RE: mevaseret in Isaiah (was company or women), Peter Kirk, 05/27/2002
- RE: mevaseret in Isaiah (was company or women), David Taylor, 05/28/2002