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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: Tory Thorpe <torythrp AT yahoo.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] verse numbering in Exodus 12
  • Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:41:17 +0000

On 25/01/2007 21:24, Tory Thorpe wrote:
Karl:

When we read from the TaNaK we are not translating
into English.
The art does not apply when the brain is already wired
for
Hebrew; but "words", "utterances," "statements" are
permissible translations of DBR. There are not ten commandments,
so the variant numbering has nothing to do with a so-called
rabbinic misunderstanding of the Hebrew word.

It is worth pointing out that DAVAR does not seem to mean "word" in the sense of an individual lexical or phonological item. Nor does 'IMRA. This is important because I have seen people using verses like Proverbs 30:5,6 as an argument for word for word translation. But these verses are not about words in that sense, but about messages or utterances.


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Peter Kirk
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