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  • From: "Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>
  • To: "'Bryan Rocine'" <brocine AT earthlink.net>, "'Biblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Psa 118:27b
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:11:24 +0100


The horns of the altar were used e.g. by Joab to grasp and attach
himself to the altar so that he couldn't be pulled away - 1 Kings 2:28.

Peter Kirk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Rocine [mailto:brocine AT earthlink.net]
> Sent: 29 June 2002 14:16
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Psa 118:27b
>
> B-Haverim,
>
> A query on Psa 118b:
>
> 'isru Hag Ba`abotim `al qarnot hammizbeaH
>
> English translations of this verset mostly fall into two
> schools represented below by the NJPS and the NIV.
>
> NJPS: "Bind the festal offering to the horns of the altar
> with cords."
>
> NIV: "With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up
> to the horns of the altar."
>
> Do you think one is more likely? Why?
>
> Do we have any evidence outside of this verse that the horns
> of an altar were used for tying something to the altar?
>
> Thanks and shalom, Bryan
>
> B. M. Rocine
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  • Psa 118:27b, Bryan Rocine, 06/29/2002
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • RE: Psa 118:27b, Peter Kirk, 06/29/2002
    • Re: Psa 118:27b, Polycarp66, 06/30/2002

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