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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: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:30:47 -0600

Dear Steve,

Yigal wrote:
While your translation is possible, the following "and he spoke to me" tends

to confirm the usual "and he called to me" or something like it. When in
doubt (and in any case!), look at the context.

SM: thanks very much Yigal. To me, I don't see any contextual support for
"and he called to me" from the following "and he spoke to me". The angel
spoke to Zechariah many times. Why only here would he call to Zechariah 1st,
and record it in the Bible? Zechariah was already listening anyway. What
meaning would it add?

HH: One thought that occurs to me is a possible indication of the sound of the horses that would require shouting. Or the importance of the message could receive emphasis. The verse shows the angel speaking as God. Since the lexicon gives the verbal meanings suggested, it is not a stretch to allow them.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard





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