Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Steven:

Why look at translations?

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:15 AM, schmuel <schmuel AT nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Greetings to the b-hebrew crew !
> In this verse:
>
> 1 Kings 8:27 (KJB)
> But will God indeed dwell on the earth?
> behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee;
> how much less this house that I have builded?
>
> We have a double interrogative in the AV.
>

I don’t see the double interrogative in Hebrew.

This is a phrase that has no exact equivalent in English, which the
translators of the AV decided would make best sense if translated as an
interrogative. As far as I can tell, it is not an interrogative in Hebrew.

>
>
> Shalom,
> Steven Avery
> Queens, NY
>
> Karl W. Randolph.