Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Polycarp66 AT aol.com]

In a message dated 8/5/2002 11:45:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
BillRoss AT norisksoftware.com writes:

<Bill>
The Hebrew scholar evaluating Ps 45:6 "thy throne the God" said this:

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"your throne" in the Heb is a noun, m.s. w/2nd pers m.s. suffix pronoun.
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Is this accurate?

What would be the same kind of analysis for the next clause:

"the scepter of your kingdom a righteous scepter"

He also said:

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The second suggested transl also needs to be examined. "Your Throne? God
forever and forever". Two incomplete sentences! That violates common
grammatical rules.
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Is this equally two incomplete sentences in the Hebrew?

"the scepter of your kingdom a righteous scepter"

I am trying to understand the [chiastic] parallelism of these two
clauses, that might aid translation, and I want to know if this is sound
advice.
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I believe it was Trevor Peterson who wrote previously.

1.  That "your throne" in Heb. is a m.s. noun with 2 m.s suff. is correct.

2.  Though you do not see a verb in either sentence, they are not incomplete 
sentences in Heb.  The verb "to be" is understood.

Van der Merwe, _A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar_

§12.4. Typical Characteristics of BH Clauses

3. Nominal clause (or verbless clause)
These are clauses in BH that do not contain a finite form of the verb. The 
English copulative verb ‘is’ must be added to them to facilitate 
translation.

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