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  • From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: agent or patient in Psa. 33:12?
  • Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 23:16:38 -0500

Dear Michael,

No, youíre right. The translation was rushed and
sloppy. But the basic point still remains: YHWH can
choose Ha-Am ìfor Himself.î And Ha-AM can choose YHWH
ìfor itself.î

Therefore, which interpretation of Psa. 33:12 should
*I* choose, and why? :-)

HH: Liz gave one reason, and I gave another. But if you want a third reason, your translation doesn't have YHWH as a possible object. If LW means "for itself," then there is no object for the verb "choose."

Yours,
Harold Holmyard




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