Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>]

Hi Clay,

I can see why you might say the "line" in the LXX is not in the MT; the two
don't say exactly the same thing. Yet the phrase you ask about (their
offspring) IS there in verse 3 in the MT: the plural of the noun YELED, with
a feminine third person pronominal suffix, right?  
The Greek translator simply varied the word order; this shouldn't surprise
us. He does it in 39:12 again, doesn't he?

Ken Penner, Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A. (Hebrew Poetry)
pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca
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> This is a Hebrew syntax question which is raised by a line in 
> the LXX (OG)
> which you will not find** in the MT so don't waste your time 
> looking for it.
> 
> JOB 39:3a EXEQREYAS DE AUTWN TA PAIDIA ...
> 
> "Did you feed (nourish, rear) their children ... ?"
> 
> My question is about the constituent order of AUTWN TA PAIDIA 
> "of them the
> children"  and I am looking for a Hebrew equivalent of this 
> syntax with the
> possessive between the verb and the noun. Is this viable 
> Hebrew syntax?
> Could you show me an example or two?