Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bryan Cox <b_coxus AT yahoo.com>]

Sorry if this is too far off-topic for Biblical Hebrew.  It is difficult to 
know exactly what the limits on "Biblical Hebrew" are, especially when a text 
like "Gabriel's Vision" appears to have allusions to the Hebrew Bible.
 
Anyway, here are some excellent links to resources that I've collected over 
the past few days since it hit the news.  At least a couple of links are 
courtesy of Yitzhak Sapir from another list (Thanks to him for the links and 
for his answer to my recent questions about the text!).
 
Drawing and Transcription
http://www.nfc.co.il/uploadFiles/848324000835419.pdf
 
Detailed report with images, transcriptions, palaeographical discussions and 
more:
http://www.nfc.co.il/uploadFiles/138240993022919.pdf
 
Ada Yardeni's English translation
http://bib-arch.org/news/dssinstone_english.pdf
 
Ada Yardeni's transcription
http://bib-arch.org/images/DSS-stone-hebrew.jpg
 
Israel Knohl's *reconstructed* translation with 
explanationsftp://80.179.136.36/site/Israel_Knohl_on_Hazon_Gabriel.pdf
 
Enjoy.
 
Thanks,
Bryan Cox



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You're right about this feature in the DSS. The Nun where BH has Mem is not 
terribly surprising. See E. Qimron, _The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls_, 
section 200.142. Qimron refers to Kutscher's _Studies in Galilean Aramaic_, 
58-68; _The Language and Linguistic Background of the Great Isaiah Scroll_, 
16, 91, 518.

For an online reference to this feature in RH see page 13 of Perez 
Ferndandez' grammar http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9004109048


Ken M. Penner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
St. Francis Xavier University
kpenner AT stfx.ca


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Subject: [b-hebrew] yamim or yamin?


A 'newly discovered' ancient text nicknamed 'Gabriel's Vision' or 'Gabriel's 
Revelation' is currently grabbing headlines.  Its controversial nature lies 
in the phrase l'shloshet yamin, or 'in three days'.
 
My question is about the 'nun'.  Searching the text of the Hebrew Bible, I 
only ever find 'yamim' (ending in a 'mem').  Where does the word 'days' end 
in a 'nun' as in 'yamin'?
 
Aramaic has a 'yamin', ending in 'nun', but if the 'new' text is written in 
Aramaic, I would expect the 'three' to also be written in Aramaic as 
'thalatha' (or somewhat similar transliteration).
 
My suspicion is that during the time period in question, 1st century BCE, 
'mem' and 'nun' were often interchanged in texts, at least I believe I may 
have read something along these lines about the Dead Sea Scrolls.
 
Is this suspicion correct, or could 'yamin' actually be the word 'right' or 
is there something odd here?
 
Thanks much for any clarification!
Bryan Cox


      
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