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  • From: kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Jeremiah 17:9-10
  • Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 15:45:11 +0000



JEREMIAH 17:1 is usually translated something like "the sin of Judah is
written with a pen of iron, by a stylus of diamond it is engraved on the
tablet of their heart...."

JEREMIAH 17:9 is usually translated something like "the heart is deceitful
(is crooked) more than everything, and it is very sick (weak). Who will know
it?"

Then JEREMIAH 17:10 is usually translated something like "I the L-rd examine
a heart, I try the reins (the mind) (kaf lamed yud vav tav), (and) to give to
a man like (according to) his way, like the fruit of his deeds." I think this
part has a mistake. "Reins and" sound funny.

I think the Hebrew letters might be divided a tiny bit differently. JEREMIAH
17:10 might actually say "I the L-rd investigate a heart, examining
(infinitive) a tool (kaf lamed yud) and a mark (tav vav), to give to a man
like (according to) his way, and like the fruit of his deeds." The tool could
be the pen or stylus used to write the mark, which could be the sin, on the
tablet of the man's heart like JEREMIAH 17:1 describes.

Kenneth Greifer



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