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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Vocalization of wnr)h 1Sam 1:22
  • Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:38:31 -0500

When I read the passage in an unpointed text, I read it as a qal impf. first
plural. The context is that Hannah is planning not to go alone, but that she
will bring Samuel with her, so we are dealing with a plural of people. The
first word after WNR)H is )T indicating the accusative, so where is the
subject of the verb if it is not Hannah and Samuel?

Changing it to a niphal form seems somewhat contrived, and in the end it
doesn’t get around the anthropomorphism. This is reading )T as meaning “with”.

Verses 1:15 and 2:18 also have the same problem with anthropomorphism as
1:22, but they provide extra contextual clues.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: CS Bartholomew <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>

> Robert Alter (David Story, p.7) suggests that wnr)h in 1Sam 1:22 was
> originally vocalized as a qal impf. first plural and later changed to a
> niph. perf. third sing. to avoid an apparent anthropomorphism.
>
> What sort of evidence, specific to this passage, is there to support Alter
> on this? Rahlfs' LXX supports the MT with a indicative future passive
> singular ophthesetai. Are there other sources that suggest a change of
> vocalization in the MT here?
>
>
> greetings,
> Clay Bartholomew
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