Why is this translated "I give you *as* a covenant of the people, a light of
nations?"
Why isn't it "I give you *to* a covenanted people, *to* the light of
nations?
The verb NTN routinely takes L to indicate the recipient.
In this way, the servant then is given *to* Israel, and is not Israel
himself.
Comments?
Thanks.
Liz
Lisbeth S. Fried
Visiting Scholar
University of Michigan
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
lizfried AT umich.edu