Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

No, the היא is already there as the "prefix"  יִ.  Attached or  
inserted, הוּא and היא are interchangeable.

Isaac Fried, Boston University.

On Aug 3, 2009, at 6:37 AM, Phil Sumpter wrote:

> Hi Isaac,
>
> thank you for your response.
>
> Just to clarify, you are suggesting that we ammend the text and add  
> היא, right?
>
> Adding the pronoun would certainly ease the syntax, but I think  
> that kind of emendation ought to be a last resort. I also think you  
> mean hu' rather than hî'', as the subject is masculine.
>
> All the best
>
> Phil.
>
> From: Isaac Fried
> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 3:40 AM
> To: Phil Sumpter
> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A jussive in Ps 24:5?
>
>
> 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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