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  • From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 4:7 nun samech heh instead of nun shin alef
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:50:50 -0500

Dear Chris,

In contrast to Numbers 6:26 where exactly the same intention is meant we
have in Psalm 4:7 the only occurence of the word 'lift up' conveyed through
the same word that means 'to prove, examine, test. ie nun-samech-heh instead
of the expected nun-shin-alef.

HH: Delitzsch thought it was a mixture of nun-sin-alef with nun-samech-samech with the idea that the light was a banner promising victory and serving as a rallying point for the people. A simpler idea is that it is a spelling variant, the tact taken by two lexicons. There are a considerable number of such spelling variants in the OT, but not usually with two adjacent letters.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard





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