Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Chris:

I don’t know any grammatical justification, rather usage. It has the meaning of “in, but in a very broad usage, broader than English to include location (where in English we sometimes use “near”, “on” and “upon”), as an indicator of instrumentality “by means of” or “by use of” or “(by) cost of”, an indicator of possession, used by many verbs to indicate the object of the verb”. In this verse, I understand a usage of instrumentality, “I look at him through my salvation” rather than looking away from him in rejection.

Does this make sense?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Chris Watts <dekruidnootjes AT eircom.net> wrote:

בישועתי   It seems that the bet preposition is a semantic
nuance rather than a grammatical necessity?  Re-reading all the
grammars about this preposition in case I missed something I could
not find any 'grammatical' justification for its presence; have I
forgotten something or is there some nuance here?  Perhaps since the
'bet' as preposition is quite veratile in how it is used, is there
any justification for assuming a translation such as:  I will show
him about my salvation? (in other words, how my salvation works
bearing in mind the theme of psalm 91)?

Chris Watts
Ireland