To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Bible translations
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:08:30 -0600
{Peter}
Interesting to hear about these deliberately literal translations.
Can I ask one question about how literal they really are? I have a
test for those who insist on literal translations. How do their
translations render )EREK )APPAYIM in Exodus 34:6 etc? Do they say
that YHWH has a long nose, "length of nostrils" or something like
that? I have never heard of an English translation which does so and
so is truly and consistently literal.
{Bill}
This is Young's Exodus 34:6:
YLT
and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah
God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and
truth,