Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

"gfsomsel AT juno.com" <gfsomsel AT juno.com> wrote:

Uri Hurwitz wrote:

>Marianne discussed the famous 1 Kings 20:11 -- )L YTHLL XGR KMPTX and 
>provided a dozen words or so of English translation. I wonder if there is a 
>more 
compact translation that approaches the impact of the original?

>Now the structure of Semitic languages is different from that of the 
>English, 
yet it is the power of biblical Hebrew that is captivating to this day.
> 
Uri,

How about "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched"?

george 
gfsomsel

George,

Excellent!   But ---  don't you think the biblical expression is a bit more 
powerful?

Uri


                
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Yigal:

Thank you for that very informative posting.

When you write:

>So Jewish and Israeli academics involved in text criticism use the same 
>texts everyone else does, including BHS.

I am minded to enquire about the reception, and use of, :

Dotan, Aron, ed. Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia. Peabody, Mass: 
Hendrickson, 2001.

in those circles.


Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie