Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

There is no need to hear OF it, just to listen TO it. ישא = היא- 
שא and the rest is, as I have said, up to you, methinks.

Isaac Fried, Boson University

On Aug 3, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Phil Sumpter wrote:

> I've never heard of a prefixed  יִ before. I'll have to look into  
> it.
>
> But then what form would שא be? Imperative?
>
> Phil.
>
> From: Isaac Fried
> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 3:58 PM
> To: Phil Sumpter
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A jussive in Ps 24:5?
>
> No, the היא is already there as the "prefix"  יִ.  Attached,  
> 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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