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  • From: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen22:13 YHWHYiReH
  • Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:10:27 +0300

On 8/16/05, Shoshanna Walker wrote:
> And the YHVH is without nekudot, and although the translation in the
> Stone Chumash is "literal", the commentary in that very same edition
> - the Stone Chumash says that Abraham called the place "Yireh" - not
> YHVH Yireh.

The Stone Chumash translation is not a literal translation, and does not
purport to be, although in many cases it may end up being so. This
particular verse is a good example of it being "non-literal" and probably
following one of the Onkelos, Rashi, Ibn Ezra or Ramban in translating
the verse.

Yitzhak Sapir




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