Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

   Bill Rea wrote, inter alia:
 
  ..." One final example, Gen 27:41, the following are word-for-word, dynamic
equivalence, and paraphrase to me:-

Esau said in his heart
Esau said to himself
He thought to himself

Here Leman accepts the second and third as right and rejects the first as
wrong..."
 
 UH: this is a convenient illustration that more than one correct translation 
is possible from an origional. Contrary to Leman, the first possibility looks 
perfectly alright; it is intelligible and of course closest to the original.
       
       A varaiation of the the third, and more "modern" sounding, if this is 
the effect the translator wishes to achieve,  is:
      
       He thought
 
      Uri




 

                
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Dear Uri,

>    Bill Rea wrote, inter alia:
>
>   ..." One final example, Gen 27:41, the following are word-for-word, 
> dynamic
>equivalence, and paraphrase to me:-
>
>Esau said in his heart
>Esau said to himself
>He thought to himself
>
>Here Leman accepts the second and third as right and rejects the first as
>wrong..."
>
>  UH: this is a convenient illustration that more than one correct 
>translation is possible from an origional. Contrary to Leman, the 
>first possibility looks perfectly alright; it is intelligible and of 
>course closest to the original.
>       
>        A varaiation of the the third, and more "modern" sounding, if 
>this is the effect the translator wishes to achieve,  is:
>      
>        He thought

HH: Also, one might translate: "He thought in his heart . . . ." I 
might say or think this if the matter was serious that a person was 
thinking about.

                                        Yours,
                                        Harold Holmyard