Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

ישא = היא-שא
with the personal pronoun standing for the actor. The rest is up to you.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Aug 1, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Phil Sumpter wrote:

> I've been trying to figure out the syntax of the verb >yissa'< in  
> Ps 24:5. All translations and commentaries that I am aware of see  
> this verb as starting a new clause and translate it is "He will  
> receive ... ." Andersen-Forbes, however, see it as the predicate of  
> the entire of v. 4, rending: "One of clean hands ... will  
> receive ... ." It was recently suggested to me at SBL that it is a  
> jussive.
>
> Does anyone have any views on this? I have posted a more detailed  
> overview along with further questions that this raises for me on my  
> blog at: http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/2009/08/is-in- 
> ps-245-jussive.html.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Philip Sumpter
>
> http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/
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