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RE: Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne

From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:17:20 -0500

>===== Original Message From Schmuel <schmuel AT escape.com> =====
>The lack of a preposition seems to match the KJB a little
>closer than the Jewish versions, are they more literal?

What do you mean by the lack of a preposition? In translation or in the text?
I'm not sure I can identify what you have in mind.
>
>. but also grammatically more awkward, in the sense of harmonizing with
>"and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. ?

Perhaps the sense if it were read as one person would be accord between the
priestly and royal offices (which would obviously result from one person
holding both)? But I agree that this part seems more straightforward if two
persons are in view.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne, Schmuel, 11/12/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne, Trevor Peterson, 11/13/2002
- RE: Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 11/13/2002
- Re: Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne, Shane Christian, 11/13/2002
- RE: Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne, Lisbeth S. Fried, 11/14/2002
- RE: Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne, Polycarp66, 11/14/2002