Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bill Ross" <BillRoss AT norisksoftware.com>]

<George>
>>Hebrew usually has it in the attributive position also, but you may
well have a substantive use in Ps 102.

<Bill>
Many thanks to all who have supplied helpful feedback on this issue.

George, am I understanding you correctly that these are the possibile
readings raised:

"you are the identical one [as I am]" [attributive, referring to
sameness of identity]

"you are the identical way [as I am]" [attributive, referring to
sameness of an attribute]

"you are the person in question" [substantive, referring to identity]

"you are unchanged" [attributive, with an unusual, but legit reading]

If you had to translate this verse, how would you do it?

Bill Ross