Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Yitzhak:

Even the corrected verses are poetry. Further, the translation of
these verses are that God stills the sea (as did Jesus in Matthew
8:26) and tramples the proud underfoot. The next verse is somewhat
difficult to interpret, but I understand "in his spirit the heavens
are commonly bright, his hand makes a bar strong."

Still no sign of a primeval fight in the pattern of Enuma Elish.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 7/12/06, Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/13/06, K Randolph wrote:
> [...]
> >>  While $amayim may usually used as a natural
> > > term, examples such as Job 28:12-13 suggest that a
> > > parallelism with $mym does not deny the meaning as the
> > > great Chaotic Sea god that God vanquished in bringing
> > > order to the world.
> > >
> > For crying out loud, Job is poetry. Even in poetry, there is
> > absolutely no reference to God vanquishing the deep, rather the
> > subject of this passage is where wisdom comes from. This
> > anthropomorphizing the deep is no different than saying that the trees
> > clap their hands in joy (Isaiah 55:12). By the way, you got the verse
> > numbers wrong.
>
> While I consider my reply to Karl and James, I just wanted to point
> out that Karl is absolutely right on this last sentence.  Job 26:12-13 is
> intended.  Sorry for the confusion.
>
> Yitzhak Sapir
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