Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 13/09/2005 13:32, Awohili AT aol.com wrote:

> That may be assuming too much.  It may be evidence that the LXX  translators 
> interpreted the Hebrew text to say that, but it is not sufficient to  say that 
> this is what the Hebrew text means, or meant originally.
>  

Of course. But Hebrew grammar had changed much less by the time of the 
LXX translators than it has now, and so the LXX reading of the verb is 
likely to be more accurate than that of modern Hebrew speakers.


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