Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Steve,

I think that what Owens calls "voluntative,he" is what usually grammarians 
call "paragogic heh". As regards the meaning of the word, I think this 
letter heh often adds nothing (and this is why you cannot find any 
differences between the several translations)  --it is a mere ornamental 
tool--  and sometimes adds the so called "cohortative sense", namely an 
invitation to do this or that...

Concerning your words, look at www.oham.net/out/PIS-t1/PIS-t1-003.html and 
then click on the link to PI-t1-017.

Best regards!

Pere Porta
Barcelona (Spain)


> 2 Sam 22:24 And I was perfect to Him and I kept myself from my iniquity.
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>
>
> וָאֶהְיֶה תָמִים לֹו וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָה מֵעֲוֹנִֽי׃
>
>
>
> The same verse is in Psalm 18:24, but the verb  “and I kept myself” does 
> not
> have the heh at the end.
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>
>
> John Joseph Owens’ “Analytical Key to the OT” says that the verb in 2 Sam
> 22:24 is voluntative.he
>
>
>
> I can’t find in the book what Owens means by the “.he”.
>
>
>
> Does it mean that the verb actually means “and I would keep myself” due to
> the heh at the end? Or does it just mean the heh at the end is optional? 
> Or
> might the “.he” have nothing to do with the letter heh?
>
>
>
> I can’t find any translation that translates the verb in Ps 18:24
> differently than in 2 Sam 22:24.
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>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> -Steve Miller
>
> www.voiceInWilderness.info <http://www.voiceinwilderness.info/>
>
> He sent from above, He took me.
>
> And He drew me from waters great.
>
> From my strong foes delivered me,
>
> and from those that viewed me with hate
> for they were mightier than me.
> They confronted me in the day
> of my extreme calamity,
> but the Lord, He became my stay. (Psalm 18:16-18)
>
>
>
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