From: CS Bartholomew <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 19:2-3
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:17:45 -0700
On 9/22/03 8:06 AM, "Pastor Mark Eddy" <markeddy AT adams.net> wrote:
> What is the subject of the verbs AMaR and YHaWeH (yod-chet-waw-heh) in Psalm
> 19:3? Is one YOM telling something to another YOM, and one LaYLaH revealing
> something to another (as in NASB)? Or is HaRaQiYa' of verse 2 the subject of
> the verbs in verse 3, with the time references being adverbial (as the NIV
> seems to read it)? And how do we know? All the nouns are masculine singular,
> so they agree with the masculine singular verbs.
)mr is tagged as a noun in )mr in Groves-Wheeler* which agrees with the
LXX hrema. ywM lywM looks like an adverbial expression limiting yby(. I
wonder if )mr is the subject or the object of yby(. It is ambiguous in the
LXX since hrema is neuter. Wheeler tags it accusative, I suspect he is
right.
I would not get too exercised over trying to choose between h#myM or m(#h
ydyw as the subject of yby( and yxwh. Why not both?