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  • From: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • To: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>, "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Re: agent or patient in Psa. 33:12?
  • Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:55:07 -0400

Yes Peter, you are absolutely correct.
Liz Fried
>

> But there are other arguments. I would expect something like BOW if the
> line were to be understood as (2). And another point which no one has
> mentioned is the rather rare and strongly disjunctive accent, shalshelet
> gedola (found only 38 times in the Hebrew Bible), on H(M. This strongly
> suggests that, at least in the pronunciation which the Masoretes heard,
> a strong break is to be understood after H(M, probably a clause break as
> in interpretation (1). This kind of disjunctive accent would not be
> expected if H(M is the subject of BXR.
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
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