Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Shalom Steven,

I see no reason at all to read this as a question.

Yigal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Schmuel" <schmuel AT escape.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 12:33 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 5:16 - a declaration or a question ?


> Hi b-hebrew,
>
>      I have a question about determining whether a verse is a declaration,
or a question.
>
> Proverbs 5:16 (KJB)
> Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the
streets.
>
>     In some modern translations, this is switched to a question, as it is
believed to fit the
> context better.  (However, John Gill and some others explain the verse as
being a
> reference to children, descendents, which would leave it as a declarative
sentence.
> In fact, Gill quotes both the Targum and Ibn Ezra as fitting this
understanding.)
>
>     Independent of the contextual issues, are their clues in the Hebrew
grammar or
> construction that would indicate which way this verse is mentioned ?  Or
is it purely
> a contextual issue ?
>
> Shalom,
> Steven Avery
> Queens, NY
>
>
>
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