Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Charles:

Now you are talking about translation, not understanding the Hebrew. To be
honest, I have given very little thought about translation. The reason I
learned Hebrew was to be able to read Tanakh, not to translate it.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Charles Grebe <cgrebe AT briercrest.ca> wrote:

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> So would you translate the first part of 2 Sam 7:6 as ****
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> "For I have not dwelt in a house for from the day I brought up the sons of
> Israel from Egypt until this day..."?****
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> If so, what would “for from the day” mean in this verse?
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What don’t you understand about this? I am at a loss to answer this as I
don’t understand what you mean by this question in this context.

>From the context, there should be at least a comma, if not a period,
between “…in a house. For from the …”

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> Also, how would it be different from simply saying “from the day”?
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If you think that is the best way to translate it, that’s your call.

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> Charles Grebe****
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> Briercrest College and Seminary****
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> Caronport, SK, Canada****
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Karl W. Randolph.