Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

>
> > lizfried AT umich.edu writes:
> > > Bringing this back to B-Hebrew, what is the meaning of
> the prescript le?
> > > I know that in the pre-exilic period, l'PN meant "belonging to."
> > > In the Aramaic letters of Ezra, le is used as a prescript
> meaning "to
> > > PN."
> > > This use has been considered to be Hellenistic and Roman,
> not Persian.
> > > In the Persian period the convention is 'el or 'al.
> > > Does anyone know of an earlier use than the Hellenistic
> period in which
> > > le could mean "addressed to" rather than "belonging to"?
> > > As regards the psalms, I would imagine that the postscripts were
> > > added in the Roman period, since if I recall correctly,
> they do not
> > > exist at Qumran.
> > > If so, then it would mean "dedicated to" not "belonging to."
> > > Even if it does mean "belonging to," I would not
> interpret it to mean
> > > "written by." It would still mean "belonging to" in the sense of
> > > "dedicated to."
> >
>
> Liz,
> Are you saying that the titles to the psalms don't occur at
> Qumran?  If so,
> this is incorrect.  Is this what you mean by "postscripts"?
Yes, sorry, pre-scripts.
So, then they do occur? Interesting. I didn't think they did.
Liz
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