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  • From: Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Eccl. 4:10
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:43:35 -0600

On Saturday 17 July 2004 13:04, Trevor Peterson wrote:
> Dave Washburn wrote:
> > Okay, exegetically that makes sense...I guess. I'm wondering about
> > grammatically. I haven't looked into this; anybody know of other
> > examples of )EXAD with a plural verb?
>
> Why not follow the Masoretic pointing and pause after yippolu? That
> would make it something like, "Because if they fall, one can pick up his
> companion." Granted, if they both fall, neither one is already standing
> to pick up the other, but grammatically it works. And the sense isn't
> too bad either, since we can readily understand that maybe they don't
> both fall at the same time.

OK, the rendition I was reading doesn't have the lesser accents, only the
atnach and the sof pasuq, so I didn't see that pause there. Thanks.

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Dave Washburn
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