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  • From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Proverbs 5:16 - a declaration or a question ?
  • Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:59:06 -0600

Dear Karl,

Ignore other translations and traditions, what are the grammatical reasons not to read:

M(YNTYK as a simple plural of (YN meaning eyes? Almost all the time (YN is in dual. But is it not a feminine noun, so the simple plural would end in -WT ? Correct me if I am wrong.

That would make the translation "Be dispersed away from your eyes outwards into the broad streets (broad areas?) the channels of water", in other words a poetic way of saying not to look at other sources, so within the context not to be looking at other women?

HH: The verb "dispersed" is a Qal 3mp imperfect, not a 2mp imperative. So the phrase M(YNTYK is the subject of the verb.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard





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