Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 31/08/2006 10:19, George F. Somsel wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:49:51 -0700 (PDT) Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
> writes:
>  
>
> > sorry about the misunderstanding: I have not reacted to your 
> > comments, but specifically to the inaccurate translation of the 
> > discussed biblical phrase. The words "He  Alone"-- or any equivalent 
> > --are simply not found in the Hebrew original, and not required for 
> > clarity or comprhension in English.
> >
> > I'd be curious to hear your, or anyones, comment on this.
> >
> > URI  
> >
> > Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:
> > On 30/08/2004 17:31, Uri Hurwitz wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Peter Kirk 
> > >      
> > wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > 1 Kings 12:33, "on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the 
> > >      
> > month 
> >    
> >
> > > <>that HE ALONE HAD DEVISED".
> > >
> > > ...
> > I should have said that I was quoting NRSV. Anyway, the point seems 
> >
> > clear, that Jeroboam had decided for himself on the date of this 
> > feast, 
> > and that it was not (in the view of the Deuteronomic author) one of 
> > the 
> > feasts prescribed by YHWH.
> > --
> > Peter Kirk
> >                
> > ---------------------------------
> >    
>
> Uri,
>
> I'm not sure what your objection is here.  What do you do with 
>
> )a:$eR_B.fDf) MiL.iB.oD [Qere:  MiL.iB.oW  ?
>
> ...
>  
I was going to reply to Uri that "alone" is a reasonable dynamic 
rendering of millibo = from his (own) heart. Such a use of "heart" in an 
English translation is misleading as it suggests an emotional reaction 
rather than a determined decision which I think is what the Hebrew means.

But then, after reading George's post, I realise that NRSV could have 
been rendering the Ketiv MLBD understood as MIL.:BAD, which could mean 
"from (him)self alone".

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