Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Are you sure )XD is the subject of YPLW, or of YQYM? I read the verse as 
follows, “For if they fall (plural subject referring back to the previous 
verse), the one will cause his associate to rise,…” a reading further 
strengthened by the fact that “fall” in the second half of the verse is 
singular with a singular subject.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>

> Verse 9 says that two are better than one because they will get a better 
> recompense for their work.  Then verse 10 says, if one falls the other can 
> lift him up.  But "falls" is plural, YIP.OLU., yet it's paired with the 
> subject HF)EXAD.  Any thoughts on why on earth this verb is in plural?
> 
> -- 
> Dave Washburn
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> Insert clever epigram here...or not
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