Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Donald R. Vance, Ph.D." <donaldrvance AT mac.com>]

Say what you will about Jim's theories, to say this is clearly a  
construct is simply not true. Moran long ago suggested that it is a  
construct with enclitic -ma. But this does not happen. Nothing can  
interrupt a construct chain. In fact HALOT suggests an emendation to a  
"clear" construct. So, the condescending tone is uncalled for in this  
post.


Donald R. Vance, Ph.D.
Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature
Oral Roberts University
dvance AT oru.edu
donaldrvance AT mac.com


On May 3, 2010, at 1:32 PM, James Christian wrote:

<snip>
> presenting your foundationless theories. The expression  
> בְּהַרְרָם שֵׂעִיר
> is quite clearly a construct relationship. Perhaps the most simple and
> common grammatical construction in Hebrew that if you knew Hebrew  
> you should
> have immediately recognized. The translation would be something like
> mountains of Seir or hills of Seir if you really prefer hills as your
> translation. In any case, this is a quite clear reference to the  
> mountain
> range of Edom very much South of the dead sea.
<snip>
> James Christian