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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Gary Hedrick <gary AT cjf.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Leviticus 8:33
  • Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 12:18:43 +0100

On 03/05/2005 03:48, Gary Hedrick wrote:

Leviticus 8:33 ends with "your hand" in the Hebrew (et-yadchem). Most
English translations render it as an idiom meaning "consecrate." So where
the literal Hebrew has, "... for seven of days he will fill your hand," they
render it, "for seven days he will consecrate you." My questions are: (1)
is the et (as in et-yadchem) to be understood as a demonstrative pronoun
here, and if so, how could it be translated (or should it simply be left
untranslated, which seems to be how most translators handle it)? And (2)
are there other instances where "et-yadchem" is used in this way?


There are many other cases of ML' (piel) YAD being used in this sense, generally followed by a noun completing the construct chain. Here is the list according to BDB:

Exodus 28:41, 29:9,29,33,35, Lev 8:33, 16:32, 21:10, Num 3:3, Judges 17:5,12, 1 Kings 13:33, Ezekiel 43:26, 1 Ch 29:5, 2 Ch 13:9, 29:31.

But )ET is not a regular part of the construction, which strongly suggests that in this case it is the optional object marker.

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Peter Kirk
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