Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 02/05/2006 05:10, Karl Randolph wrote:
> Herman:
>
> I'll agree with you that Aramaic is bad Hebrew LOL.
>
> Seriously, Isaiah mentions that a rule (proverb) would 
> be spoken of Babylon and then these five words are that 
> proverb. Since Babylon was an Aramaic speaking place, 
> and one of the words appeared to be Aramaic, I wondered 
> if Isaiah wrote that proverb in Aramaic for effect.*
>
> But Yigal tells me that the sentence structure is wrong for 
> Aramaic, so I guess that settles that.
>
>   
But perhaps if Isaiah knew only a little Aramaic he managed to put 
together a pseudo-Aramaic sentence with Aramaic words but Hebrew 
structure. I have seen sentences of this type on lists like this, from 
people whose English is not very good but they are able to choose 
correct English words. I'm not saying that this is the case with this 
verse as I have not looked at the passage in detail. But it is another 
possibility to be considered.

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