Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>]

Joel,
> Joel:
>
>   
> > From yesterday’s Torah reading, in Deut. 26:17–18:
> >
> > Rabbi S.R. Hirsch suggests instead that these are forms of the root אמר,
> > that “את ה׳ האמרת” means “You have caused it to be said about God that…”.
> >
> > What is the view of the list members?
> >     

HH: Here is an entry from Holladay's lexicon, giving this form and then:

Hiphil: cause to say, proclaim ( covenant formulation), {Deu.26:17}

So a literal translation could be: "The Lord you have proclaimed today 
to be for you for God."

Yours,
Harold Holmyard


> > —Joel
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>
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> Without really getting into it, I think Rabbi Hirsch is in the main correct.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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