Biblical Hebrew Forum

[kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

Mr. Randolph,

 

You said that Psalm 22:17-18 does not make sense as "because dogs have 
surrounded me, a company of evildoers has surrounded me like a lion, my hands 
and my feet..."

 

You said that it needs a verb that you probably translate as "they have 
pierced my hands and my feet." 

 

I think it could say " because dogs have surrounded me, a company of 
evildoers has surrounded me like a lion, my hands and my feet I will count, 
all of my bones they will see." This could fit in with Psalm 22:7 that says 
"I am a worm , and not a man." A worm does not have hands,feet, and bones. If 
he feels like a lion later, then poetically he could say he now has hands, 
feet, and bones. It is a wild guess, but it could be a possible explanation I 
think.

 

It might be connected to Psalm 22:9 that might say "a heap is to the L-rd..." 
and Psalm 22:15 that says his bones have parted. When your bones separate, 
you can collapse into a heap and be like a worm without a structure to 
support your body. These are all wild guesses.

 

Kenneth Greifer

 

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