To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Zechariah 6:13 - and he shall be a priest upon his throne
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:17:20 -0500
>===== Original Message From Schmuel <schmuel AT escape.com> =====
>The lack of a preposition seems to match the KJB a little
>closer than the Jewish versions, are they more literal?
What do you mean by the lack of a preposition? In translation or in the text?
I'm not sure I can identify what you have in mind.
>
>. but also grammatically more awkward, in the sense of harmonizing with
>"and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. ?
Perhaps the sense if it were read as one person would be accord between the
priestly and royal offices (which would obviously result from one person
holding both)? But I agree that this part seems more straightforward if two
persons are in view.