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  • From: "B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] midwives
  • Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:21:01 -0500

Hi Harold,

I'm not sure if you saw an earlier post of mine on the subject. I am wondering if v. 15's _ha`ibriyyot_ may *not* be an adjective. Maybe it's the absolute in a construct chain. If so, the midwives are "the midwives *of* the Hebrews," and v. 16 makes perfect sense, "when you aid the Hebrew women..."

I guess I kind of blew it in my first post. I didn't want to prejudice anyone, so I posed the question with minimal explanation. Now I think I should have explained some of the supports for an untraditional reading.

Shalom,
Bryan



Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:


HH: Then let's go back to the gentilic. The same word (BRY that modifies Shiprah and Puah in verse 15 describes the women who are giving birth in verse 16. If it refers to the Hebrew women in verse 16, why wouldn't it refer to Hebrew women in verse 15?



B. M. Rocine
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