In a message dated 8/5/2002 11:45:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
BillRoss AT norisksoftware.com writes:
<Bill>
The Hebrew scholar evaluating Ps 45:6 "thy throne the God" said this:
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"your throne" in the Heb is a noun, m.s. w/2nd pers m.s. suffix pronoun.
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Is this accurate?
What would be the same kind of analysis for the next clause:
"the scepter of your kingdom a righteous scepter"
He also said:
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The second suggested transl also needs to be examined. "Your Throne? God
forever and forever". Two incomplete sentences! That violates common
grammatical rules.
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Is this equally two incomplete sentences in the Hebrew?
"the scepter of your kingdom a righteous scepter"
I am trying to understand the [chiastic] parallelism of these two
clauses, that might aid translation, and I want to know if this is sound
advice.
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I believe it was Trevor Peterson who wrote previously.
1. That "your throne" in Heb. is a m.s. noun with 2 m.s suff. is correct.
2. Though you do not see a verb in either sentence, they are not incomplete
sentences in Heb. The verb "to be" is understood.
Van der Merwe, _A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar_
§12.4. Typical Characteristics of BH Clauses
3. Nominal clause (or verbless clause)
These are clauses in BH that do not contain a finite form of the verb. The
English copulative verb ‘is’ must be added to them to facilitate
translation.