Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Joel:

Because it does not make much sense is why I question the pointing.
Further, different pointing does make sense, as I mentioned before.

By the way, don't blame dyslexia: that should help you in your
linguistic studies, because it causes you to analyse context for
meaning.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 7/28/06, Joel Stucki <joel AT stucki.ws> wrote:
> On 7/25/06, Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com> wrote:
> > Dear Joel,
> >
> >
> > > Of course, a rendering I don't like but seems completely possible is:
> > >
> > > I will thank thy name; more than thy mercy and more than thy truth
> > > for thou hast increased all thy name more than thy word.
> >
> >
> > HH: No, it's not possible. The "more than" term goes with "name," not
> > with "word."
> >
> Your right I got turned around there.
>
> That second rendering should be
> I will thank thy name; more than thy mercy and more than thy truth
> for thou hast increased thy word more than all thy name.
>
> Which doesn't make a lot of sense and does not have the parallel I was
> originally thinking. Darn dyslexia!
>
> I still like my first rendering best but I can't seem to muster a
> strong opinion either way.