Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

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