Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Lee Moses <john_lee_moses AT yahoo.com>]

Peter,

I concur with Karl.  The conjunction at the beginning of verse 4 does not represent a continuation of the previous train of thought, but a contrast.  The previous verses discuss God's apparent failure to respond to the psalmist, which stands in stark contrast to God's past dealings with אֲבֹתֵינוּ.

Sincerely,
Lee Moses

Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:28:52 -0700
From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psa 22,3
To: Peter Streitenberger <ps2866 AT bingo-ev.de>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
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Peter:

The Hebrew numbering is verse four.

I think that many translators read verse four as starting a new idea,
contrasted with what was written earlier in the psalm. Hence the ?but?.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Peter Streitenberger <ps2866 AT bingo-ev.de>wrote:

>   Dear Hebrew-Friends,
>
> in most of our German translations Psa 22,3 begins with ?but?: ?But You
> are holy?
> What is the case for it ? I don?t see any contrast or two opposite
> thoughts in this section.
> Can anyone help me ?
> Yours
> Peter M. Streitenberger, Germany
>