Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

It seems that the article in front of THEOS would indicate either:

* vocative
* posessive

So might we be looking at:

* "thy throne, G-d, is forever"
* "thy throne [is] your G-d forever"

Or even, "thy throne [is] your G-d [who is] forever"

Bill Ross
BillRoss AT norisksoftware.com 

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From: Polycarp66 AT aol.com [mailto:Polycarp66 AT aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 11:46 PM
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: Re: Ps 45:6


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:

************
The second suggested transl also needs to be examined. "Your Throne? God
forever and forever". Two incomplete sentences! That violates common
grammatical rules.
************

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. ______________________

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.

gfsomsel

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