To: Peter_Kirk AT sil.org, b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Isa 57:8 YD XZYT
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 17:14:09 EST
In a message dated 3/12/2002 4:17:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Peter_Kirk AT sil.org writes:
NRSV has the marginal rendering "you have gazed on their phallus". So
this is a rendering supported by respectable scholars.
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Also, BDB s.v. YD has
"4. YD is used also in special senses:— . . .
g. YfD XfZiYT Is 57.8 acc. to Hi De Che Or Brd Du and most = a phallus thou
beholdest; this is favoured by the context but without support in Heb. usage;
Di a (beckoning) hand."
(p. 390.2)