Biblical Hebrew Forum

[c stirling bartholomew <cc.constantine AT worldnet.att.net>]

on 10/27/02 1:12 AM, Søren Holst wrote:

> My guess is, the "in faithfulness" (or whichever way we prefer to render
> 'emunah) refers further back than to the preceding word -- that is, _brwkym
> ... ywd(yw b)mwnh_ is approximately "may those who know him be faithfully
> blessed" (cf. the similar constructions of "blessed be x in y" in l. 2-3 and
> elsewhere). I.e. the 'emunah more likely characterizes God (or the berakah
> itself?) than the person who knows. That should leave Martin Luther out of
> it.

Greetings Søren,

Yes, I am inclined to agree that Martin Luther should be left out of this
and  "in faithfulness" looks like a good choice. I looked through BHS and
found only Hab 2:4 which is also debatable.

In the Qumran documents I found one worth consideration:

1QHa 8:26  . . . sbym ¹lyk b¹mwnh wlb slm

M. Abegg renders this:

. . . turning to You with faith and with a perfect heart . . .


I think the same criticism applies here.

Thanks for your insightful comments,

Clay

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