From: c stirling bartholomew <cc.constantine AT worldnet.att.net>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: 1QM 13:3 ywd?y b¹rk =mwnh
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:32:05 -0800
on 10/27/02 1:12 AM, Søren Holst wrote:
> My guess is, the "in faithfulness" (or whichever way we prefer to render
> 'emunah) refers further back than to the preceding word -- that is, _brwkym
> ... ywd(yw b)mwnh_ is approximately "may those who know him be faithfully
> blessed" (cf. the similar constructions of "blessed be x in y" in l. 2-3 and
> elsewhere). I.e. the 'emunah more likely characterizes God (or the berakah
> itself?) than the person who knows. That should leave Martin Luther out of
> it.
Greetings Søren,
Yes, I am inclined to agree that Martin Luther should be left out of this
and "in faithfulness" looks like a good choice. I looked through BHS and
found only Hab 2:4 which is also debatable.
In the Qumran documents I found one worth consideration:
1QHa 8:26 . . . sbym ¹lyk b¹mwnh wlb slm
M. Abegg renders this:
. . . turning to You with faith and with a perfect heart . . .
I think the same criticism applies here.
Thanks for your insightful comments,
Clay
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