Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Dear Kevin,

Of course you mean Ex. 34 as in the subject line. Verse 27 has God telling 
Moses to write. Verse 28 begins "And he was there with YHWH..." - obviously 
Moses. There is no reason to think that "wayyiktov", "and he wrote" has a 
different subject in mind.


Yigal Levin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Riley" <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
To: "B Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:36 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Exodus 34:28


> In Exodus 43:28c there is the line "and he wrote on the tablets the words 
> of
> the covenant, the ten commandments."  I have no problems with the meaning 
> of
> the words, just in working out who "he" is - Moses ort God.  It seems to
> read more logically as Moses wrote, but I wondered if there was any rule 
> of
> syntax to solve this.  Sorry I haven't written it in Hebrew transcription,
> but I have only a few seconds to write.
>
> Kevin Riley
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