Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Barry H." <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

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From: "Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Barry'" <nebarry AT verizon.net>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:14 PM
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Psalm 138:2


> I think the problem with your proposal is that there is no "and" connecting 
> "Your name" and "Your word". How can they both be direct objects without 
> "and" connecting them?

> Also, I think it would be bad writing for KoL to act as a noun when it is 
> followed by a noun. The reader would naturally read KoL as modifying the 
> noun which follows it. Ps 103:19 & 145:9 are given by TWOT where KoL acts 
> as a noun, and in both of these it is clear that KoL cannot modify the 
> following verb or noun with conjunction prefix.

> I would translate it: For You have magnified Your word based upon Your 
> entire name.

Thanks, Steve, these are precisely the objections that I had in mind when  I 
asked the question, and why I asked if there could then be a hendiadys.  Are 
there any clear examples of hendiades in the Hebrew text?  Is it a literary 
device that would make sense in Hebrew?

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Classics & Bible Instructor @ The American Academy
2010 Salvatori Excellence in Education Winner
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Mentor, The North American Reformed Seminary
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