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Re: [b-hebrew] Alter's translation (Was: Daniel 6:27 (time indefinite) II)

From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
To: Steve Miller <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Alter's translation (Was: Daniel 6:27 (time indefinite) II)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:54:48 +0000

On 27/11/2005 02:54, Steve Miller wrote:

On 22/11/2005 23:45, B. M. Rocine wrote:

...

What is bayyom hashshlishi in Gen 22:4?

It should be on the end of the previous verse as it is in the Septuagint.

That certainly makes more sense grammatically. But there is a semantic problem. Can WAYYELEK in v.3 mean "he arrived", which would have been on the third day, rather than "he set out"?

An alternative is that there is an understood but omitted WAYHIY at the beginning of v.4. This would then fit the common pattern WAYHIY B-(time phrase) WAYYIQTOL...

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Re: [b-hebrew] Alter's translation (Was: Daniel 6:27 (time indefinite) II) , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] Alter's translation (Was: Daniel 6:27 (time indefinite) II), Awohili, 11/22/2005