Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Harold:

The verb is plural third person, but the subject is PLGY MYM.

M(YNTYK cannot be the subject, as it has a prefixed M- short for MN which can 
never be the subject of the verb.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "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
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