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[b-hebrew] god of the strong (Dan 11:38)

From: "Ian Hutchesson" <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
To: "b-hebrew list" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] god of the strong (Dan 11:38)
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:16:40 +0100

Hello!

Could someone tell me why the RSV and a number of other versions
(including the old JPS) translates m`zym in Dan 11:38 as fortresses?
I note in the following verse the phrase mbcry m`zym means "strong
holds" (= fortresses) and one can see the thought process of passing
from "strong" to "strong hold", but why translate m`zym as fortresses?
Neither the LXX and the Vulgate even translate it, merely
transliterating, perhaps indicating the thought that it is a name to them.

Is there something I'm missing here?

Ian

[b-hebrew] Announcement, Dave Washburn, 02/03/2003
- [b-hebrew] god of the strong (Dan 11:38), Ian Hutchesson, 02/04/2003
  - RE: [b-hebrew] god of the strong (Dan 11:38), Trevor & Julie Peterson, 02/04/2003
  - RE: [b-hebrew] god of the strong (Dan 11:38), Peter Kirk, 02/04/2003
- [b-hebrew] DSS Tense Aspect Mood, Ken Penner, 02/04/2003
  - Re: [b-hebrew] DSS Tense Aspect Mood, Alviero Niccacci, 02/07/2003