Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Rob Matlack" <united_by_truth AT myrealbox.com>]

In Psalm 131:1 the niphal participle of PL) is translated by "things too 
profound",
"things that are beyond", "things that are too wonderful", "things too 
marvelous",
etc. HALOT lists the basic meaning as "to be different, conspicuous, curious 
... PL)
denotes the moment when something initiated by, or linked with, the performer 
of an
action becomes effective". They then list basic meaning a. "to be wonderful,
beautiful" and b. "to be separated, picked out, different". For the niphal 
they list
among many others "to be inappropriate".

Question-- aware of the dangers of "root fallacy" could the usage in Psalm 
131:1 carry
the idea of being out of one's jurisdiction, things beyond one's scope of 
authority or
calling, outside one's purview. This idea would seem to fit nicely with the 
words of a
king who obviously did occupy himself with important matters but realized the 
limits
of his jurisdiction and calling. The same idea could fit in Genesis 18: 14 -- 
nothing
is outside God's purview.

Rob Matlack          rmatlack AT kans.com
Minneapolis, KS
"I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone 
for
salvation"--R. E. Lee
"It is not our task to secure the triumph of truth, but merely to fight on its
behalf."--Blaise Pascal
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