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  • From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: hholmyard AT ont.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 64:4
  • Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:42:04 -0000

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:22:32 -0500 "Harold R. Holmyard III"
<hholmyard AT ont.com> writes:
> Dear Sujata,
>
> Here's a try at a word-for-word translation of Isa 64:4:
>
> And from ancient time they have not heard, they have not listened
> to-eye has not seen-a God besides you He acts for the one who waits
>
> for Him.
>
> I think the phrase "He acts for the one who waits for Him" is really
>
> an unmarked relative clause. That is, it lacks a particle like a
> relative pronoun but really modifies "God."
>
> So it would be:
>
> And from ancient time people have not heard or perceived (no eye has
>
> seen) a God besides You who acts for the one who waits for Him.
>
> Now that's 64:4 in an English Bible. Is that what you wanted, or did
>
> you want Isa 64:4 in a Hebrew Bible?
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
> _______________________________________________

Harold,

Since the originator of this thread apparently doesn't know Hebrew, I
don't think the correct passage is Is 64.4 but 64.5 since there is a
discrepancy in the numbering.

george
gfsomsel




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