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  • From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 118:6
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:58:07 +0300

On 6/26/06, Kim Chua wrote:
Can someone please give the literal translation of
Psalm 118:6 from the Hebrew to English?
The English is The Lord is on my side, another
is The Lord is with me.

The literal translation of the first two words is:
"YHWH (is) for/to/of me." The word "is" is unnecessary
in the Hebrew text (and thus does not appear, but must appear
in a translation). The word "for/to/of me" is a preposition
which is used often in idiomatic expressions.

Yitzhak Sapir
http://toldot.blogspot.com




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