Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Steve:

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Steve Miller <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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?
>

I have it modifying “You set up a table before me” in that a table is set up
in a certain place and doesn’t move (at least it’s not supposed to move).

Secondly, if you read it with each letter referring to a syllable, then
there is a beat, a rhythm, that works better with it modifying what goes
before rather than after.

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.
>

Another option is that this is not a verb, but a noun with a first person
possessive suffix, “And my settling down …”

>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> -Steve Miller
>
> Detroit
>
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Karl W. Randolph.