Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>]

1.       In Ps 23:5, does “in the presence of my enemies” modify the 
preceding “You ordered before me a table” or the following “You made fat with 
oil my head”?  Can it apply equally to both?

2.       In v6b, the MT actually says, “And I will return וְשַׁבְתִּי in the 
house of the Lord”, which does not make sense. Everyone, including Jewish 
translations, translates it according to LXX,  “And I will dwell”.  This 
would require adding a yod between the vav and shin .  Why not translate it 
as “And I will rest in the house of the Lord”? This would require no change 
to the MT consonants, but would alter the MT vowels.

Thanks.

 

Sincerely,

-Steve Miller

Detroit

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