Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Van Parunak <van AT parunak.com>]

The Westminster 4.0 DB in both BW7 and the latest Logos read the 
suffix as masculine, which certainly is most consistent with the 
other suffixes and verbal forms in the verse.

On the comparison between BW7 and Logos, you might be interested in 
my review of BW6 and Logos at 
http://www.cyber-chapel.org/reviews/LibBwkDec2004.pdf . (The earlier 
review referenced there is available at 
http://www.cyber-chapel.org/reviews/Baseline.pdf .) Logos is the 
clear leader in digital library functionality (replacing a shelf of 
books about the Bible with a computer), but for linguistic work in 
the biblical text itself, BibleWorks is far preferable. BW7 only 
improves over the excellent analytical capabilities of BW6. In 
addition, in terms of the ability to map lexical forms between LXX 
and MT, its new implementation of the Tov interlinear LXX/MT is by 
far the best currently on the market (next is Accordance, and third 
is the recently released version for Logos).

Van Parunak

At 12:00 PM 4/8/2006, Lisbeth Fried wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:59:37 -0400
> From: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 55:5
> To: "'Jerry Shepherd'" <jerry.shepherd AT taylor-edu.ca>
> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
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> I have Watts' second edition (a fabulous book, I might add). He interprets
> the pronoun suffix of the last noun as fem. sg, the "you" being Jerusalem.
> I have BW 7, but haven't installed it yet. I don't have Logos, so can't
> compare.
> Liz Fried
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> > bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Shepherd
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 3:29 PM
> > To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 55:5
> >
> > Good day members,
> >
> >
> >
> > Two questions:
> >
> >
> >
> > (1) Watts, in his commentary in the Word series, (Isaiah 34-66, pp. 241,
> 246; I
> > don't have access to the 2d edition) says that the last word in Isa 55:5
> has a 2fs
> > suffix.  My older Logos version, as well as Accordance (a student checked
> for
> > me) have it as 2fs also.  However, if I am reading Jouon-Muraoka correctly
> (?61i,
> > [vol. 1, p. 173]), it is identified there as 2ms.  It seems more likely to
> me that this
> > latter is correct and that the suffix is simply in pause.  Anything I am
> missing?
> >
> >
> >
> > (2) Has anyone obtained Bibleworks 7, and how would you compare it to
> Logos
> > Scholars Series X?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. Jerry E. Shepherd
> > Associate Professor of Old Testament
> > Taylor Seminary
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> >
> >
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