Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Chris Gummer" <chrisgumms AT hotmail.com>]

Hi Karl,

Excellent point and in my case this is where I believe my difficulties lie!

Thanks,
Chris Gummer.

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Sent: Wednesday, 24 January 2007 5:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 12:3

Chris:

This is just one more example of how Biblical Hebrew and modern English
differ.

Hebrew used a participle with a personal pronoun suffix to indicate a
person doing something for or to the person indicated in the suffix.
But to indicate the same idea in English requires a phrase such as
"Those who (verb) for (suffix) ...", so here we deal not with the
meaning in Hebrew, but with the art of translation.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 1/22/07, Chris Gummer <chrisgumms AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> In Genesis 12:3, M:BFR:KEYKA, appears to be often translated as "those who
> bless you".
>
>
>
> However, all I see is a participle form of BRK with a possessive 2ms
suffix.
>
>
>
> What is the correct parsing and why is it translated as "those who bless
> you"?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Gummer.
>
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