Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

Yaakov,

Rashi, after saying W-AL TI-TMAH for the plural, brings there, in  
Genesis 20:13, the example of Samuel 7:13, where King David, in one  
of his more expansive poetical moments, says: A$ER HALKU ELOHIM  
LIPDOT LO L(AM, but the verse ends on an ambiguous note, possibly due  
to the good king becoming giddy out of shear reverential excitement.
I see also that Unkelos endeavors to translate Genesis 20:13 by quite  
a twist:
וַהֲוָה כַּד טְעוֹ עַמְמַיָּא בָּתַר  
עוּבָדֵי יְדֵיהוֹן יָתִי קָרֵיב  
יְיָ לְדַחְלְתֵיהּ מִבֵּית אַבָּא
all in an effort to avoid a plural reference to an act by the God of  
Abraham.
In Psalms 58:12 King David is at it again.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 29, 2008, at 12:55 AM, Yaakov Stein wrote:

> Isaac,
>
> After my last email I thought of  HBH NRDH WNBLH and N)$H (DM,
> but I just received my daily digest and see that these were already
> proposed. I agree with your interpretation that these are weaker
> as they seem to be God speaking to the angels.
>
> Here are some more (although you specifically asked for verb forms) :
>
>    ELOHIM XYYM that appears sometimes,
>    to be contrasted with ELOHIM XY in other places.
>
>     ELOHIM QROBYM (LYW of Deut 4:6
>
>     HELOHIM H(DYRYM of SamI 4:8
>     (although in the mouths of Philistines)
>
>     ELOHIM $OPTYM  Psalms 58:12
>
> Yaakov (J) Stein