Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Dear Michael,
The object chosen is usually in a prepositional
phrase headed by the preposition B-.
bHr takes bet-
Therefore rather than lw, you'd expect bw if God were
the object of the choosing.
Lw refers back to the subject, it is "for himself."
However, in that case, I don't understand why Ha'am isn't preceded
by B-.
Liz Fried
Ann Arbor

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Deborah Millier
> Sent: Tue, May 11, 2004 3:39 PM
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [b-hebrew] agent or patient in Psa. 33:12?
>
>
> Dear B-Hebrew Listers,
>
> In Psa. 33:12 we read:
>
> WYHL)  HWHY  R$)  YWGH  YR$)
> WL  HLXNL  RXB  M(H
>
> It is usually translated something like:
>
> Happy is the nation whose God is YHWH,
> The people whom He has chosen as His inheritance.
>
> Now, whats to prevent me from here understanding YHWH
> as affected patient (i.e. the chosen) and Ha-AM as
> agent (i.e. the one doing the choosing)?  This would
> produce a translation something like:
>
> Happy is the nation whose God is YHWH,
> The people that has chosen Him to be its inheritance.
>
> This rendition:
>
> 1) makes perfect (better?) sense in context.
> 2) maintains synonymous parallelism.
> 3) has attested meaning in other portions of the
> TaNaKH.
>
> As always, your feedback is appreciated.  Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Sincerely,
> -- Michael Millier
>
>
>
>
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