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  • From: "Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: "'b-hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] sheeth in Ps 73:6
  • Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 01:10:01 -0400

Dear friends,



Ps 73:6 is translated “Therefore pride encircles them. A garment of violence
covers them.” I question translating the Hebrew word “sheeth” as “garment”
because it is only translated so here and in Prov 7:10. The consonants Shin
Yod Tav are commonly translated “thorns” (i.e. Isa 5:6; 7:23-25, etc.), but
when translated as “thorns”, the word is voweled differently, with a patah
under the shin, rather then a hireq.



Could the meaning of the 2nd ½ of Ps 73:6 be, “Thorns of violence cover
them” or “a thorny covering of violence is to them”? As thorns are a fallen
self-defense, the meaning then would be – if anyone tries to reprove them,
they violently attack him.



If so, then Prov 7:10 could be translated, “and behold a woman to meet him,
a thorny harlot and subtle of heart.” “Thorny” means she speaks verbal
barbs.



Any comments?



Another question: In Ps 73:6 there is a dash between the word “covers” and
“sheeth”. Does the dash mean anything?



Thanks.



Sincerely,

-Steve Miller

Detroit

www.voiceInWilderness.info

My flesh and my heart fail me.
God is the Rock of my heart.
And my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26)







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