Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Barry:

The direct object marker is optional, particularly in poetry. Context is what determines if this is a direct object. Look even at the verses around this one: e.g. vs. 13 … ידי יסדה ארץ … no direct object marker there yet ארץ is the direct object of this phrase. So there’s nothing in ורוחו that prevents it from being a direct object. And the context seems to indicate that it is in fact a direct object.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Barry <nebarry AT verizon.net> wrote:

ִרְבוּ אֵלַי שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת לֹא מֵרֹאשׁ בַּסֵּתֶר דִּבַּרְתִּי מֵעֵת הֱיֹותָהּ שָׁם אָנִי וְעַתָּה אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה
שְׁלָחַנִי וְרוּחֹו׃

I am especially interested in the last phrase, וְרוּחֹו Should it be
translated as a subject, or as a direct object? I would expect the
direct object marker, but apparently that's optional with the waw? Of
ancient translators, Jerome took it as a subject, the LXX is ambiguous.

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