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  • From: "Shai Heijmans" <shaih AT post.tau.ac.il>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Deep (Exod 15:5)
  • Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:34:14 +0200

Nick,

As for question 2, "tehom" is not only feminine. See e.g. Jona 2:6, Hab.
3:10, Ps. 42:8, Job 28:14. In rabbinic literature, by the way, it is only
masculine.

Regards,

Shai Heijmans


----- Original Message -----
From: "nick lunn" <nick_lunn AT wycliffe.org>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] The Deep (Exod 15:5)


> Does anyone have any ideas about the unusual clause in Exodus 15:5a?
> The two Hebrew words simply say: 'The deep(s) covered them'.
>
> My questions concern:
>
> 1. The YQTL form of the verb, when the adjoining verbal clauses are
> all QTL.
>
> 2. The lack of gender agreement between the verb (masc) and its
> subject (fem).
>
> 3. The fact that the subject precedes its verb, rather than follows
> it.
>
> 4. The presence of any personification here. (Any veiled reference to
> Mesopotamian, Canaanite, or Egyptian myths?).
>
> If anybody can help or refer me to a good commentary I'd appreciate
> it.
>
> Nick Lunn
> Wycliffe Bible Translators
> Nairobi
> Kenya
>
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