Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Well, what I was suggesting is that Jerome interpreted the text as he saw
it. We all do.
Yigal
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Exodus 31:16


>
> Exodus 31:16
> (double checked the reference.  sorry I switched the numbers on Deut  6:9)
>
> BHS notes that the Septuagint translates "to do them" instead of "to do
the
> Sabbath".  However, it does not mention the fact that Septuagint
translates
> earlier in the verse "keep the Sabbaths" (plural) instead of "keep  the
> Sabbath".
> 1.  Is there reason to believe that the plural in Septuagint does NOT
> reflect a different Vorlag?
> 2.  If not (i.e. if it may indeed reflect a different Vorlag), why
wouldn't
> BHS mention it?
>
> Thanks
> Hayyim
>
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