Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ronald Monestime <wbsc400 AT gmail.com>]

The Proper Antecedent of qiso in Dan 9:26b
I have done a study to identify the actual antecedent of qiso in Dan 9:26b 
(lit. "his end") and the one that most naturally (i.e., grammatically and 
syntactically) concords with the 3ms personal pronoun is "the people" (masc. 
sing.) which is mentioned before in the phrase ‘the people of the Coming 
Ruler.'
Some commentators (e.g., Keil & Delitzch) have argued for a reference to 
("the Ruler/Prince") but this is grammatically and syntactically not possible 
(or at least, not probable) for the word "the Ruler" is in "adjectival 
apposition" to "the people", (an "adnomial" -Waltke and O'Connor, IBHS, 73 
#4.6.1), and not a subject and thus not a likely candidate in the same way as 
adjectival appositions in construct expressions (also with people): "a people 
of old" (Isa 44:7; Ezek 26:20); "people of rebellion" (Isa 30:9); "holy 
people" [‘people of holiness'] (Dan 12:7), among other such examples, are not 
possible subject antecedents.
Does any know of, or have, a linguistic, and/or exegetical, objections to 
this antecedent identification? (If necessary, my full exegetical study of 
Dan 9:26b can be supplied in PDF form to requesting personal email addresses. 
(4 pages)).
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