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  • From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.Ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Zech 6:8
  • Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:24:40 -0600

Dear Steve,

The first part of Zech 6:8, ÂÃȐÃʍÚ՗ÝÝýð™¦È, is mostly translated "And hecried out to me", which translates the hiphil verb as though it was qal. Andtreats the ýð™¦È as an indirect object rather than a direct object.

A few translations (Jubilee2000, YLT, Stone Tanach) translate it, as "Andhe called me" which is similar to the way the hiphil verb is translated inJudges 4:10 & 13.

Why doesn't any translation translate it as, "and it [or He] caused me tocry out" which seems to be the most straightforward and the most meaningful?This would attach the first part of verse 8 to the end of verse 7. Thestrong horses going to & fro through the earth in verse 7 caused Zechariahto cry out due to the great suffering caused by the strong horses.

HH: Some hiphils are strange. There are internally causative hiphils. This is evidently a strange one. Here is the definition for it in HAL:

hif: impf. wayaz{e¦q, yaz{–îqu®; impv. haz{eq-; inf. haz{–îq: -1. to utter a plaintive cry Jb 35:9; -2. to summon (the militia) Ju 4:10-13; 2S 20:4f; -3. to make a proclamation Jon 3:7; -4. with acc. to call out to someone Zech 6:8 cj. 10:9 (w§}az{–îqe¦m, alt. as 2). Ý
Der. cj. *za{aq, z§{a¦qa¦h.

HH: "To cause me to hear a call for help" might be "to cry out to me."

Yours,
Harold Holmyard





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