Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Robby,

> I would agree with you that both parties are condemned by these 
> verses; this is not the problem that I am seeking to address. 
> Rather, I am concerned with whom the verse is addressing, the 
> passive or active partner? Jerome Walsh's remarks were published in 
> 2001, i.e. the syntax with its use the cognate object would point 
> towards the passive partner being the subject, not the active as it 
> is traditionally understood. I was wondering if his analysis would 
> hold up with everyone here? Of course, Rabbi Akiba's niphal 
> punctuation would work with the first instance of mishkav, "do not 
> be laid." But I'm not sure that it would in the second instance of 
> mishkav isha, "the lyings of a woman."

HH: I don't think the verses are even concerned about the issue you raised.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard

> Robby Martin
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