Biblical Hebrew Forum

["B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>]

Hi Mark,

I like your reading, and for the little it's worth, it has occurred to 
me before.  The meaning you suggest is evident in Psa 4:2

'elohey cidqi baccar hirxabta li

 and perhaps Isa 51:1-2

Shalom,
Bryan

Mark Eddy wrote:

> It appears to me that the Hebrew is using antonyms. ZaROTH are "tight spots"
> or something narrow. While the Hebrew root RCHB refers to something wide. So
> the Psalmist seems to be saying that what appear to be troubles actually
> widen my experience, as I learn to get through them. I can do this when God
> answers the prayer of the last half of the verse and leads me out of
> MZUQOTHaY, my distress.
>
> Why can I not find any author who understands the text this way?

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