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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 25:11 imperative & waw
  • Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:57:29 -0500

Steve Miller wrote:

Thanks Herman! Thanks for clarifying. I believe that. How would youtranslate Isa
53:2 & Ps 25:11 as literally as possible, but still makesense?-Steve


HH: You could use "then" for wav in Ps. 25:11, looking back at the divine characteristics mentioned in the immediately previous verses. You could use "so" in Isa 53:2. Of course in th latter verse it matters how you divide the verse. The current tendency is to reject the Masoretic athnach, but the sentence can work with the Masoretic pointing:

And he grew up as a sprout before him and as a root from dry ground. There was no form to him or majesty so we should look at him, and there was no appearance so we should desire him.

Or:

And he grew up as a sprout before him and as a root from dry ground. There was no form to him or majesty. When we looked at him, also there was no appearance so we should desire him.

HH: I would probably choose "so that" over "so." Wav can express result.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard





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