To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: "standard hebrew syntax is verb-initial"
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:25:29 +0200
Vince recently said what is in the subject line in a post. I have a
question for the brave. In Mish(C), 4Q322 Frag 2, we find this line (6) of
the fragment -- so isolated that no context is to be hoped for:
]B HRQNWS MRD [
In three separate publications, Michael Wise has translated this as
[..] Hyrcanus rebelled [..]
Can such a translation be justified in any way? Or should it necessarily be
[..] Hyrcanus. [..] rebelled [..]
<subj>
Thanks for any thoughts,
Ian
"standard hebrew syntax is verb-initial",
Ian Hutchesson, 08/04/1999