...Harold, you seem to be arguing here from English syntax. The two alternatives can be rendered in English:
HH: You seem to be assuming that everything is pretty much equal, so it is just a matter of seeing which subject and object is most appropriate. But the grammar works differently in each case.
)$RY HGWY )$R YHWH )LHYW
H(M BHR LNXLH LW
HH: If God is the subject of the second clause, everything goes smoothly:
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord (which the Lord is its God),
The people He chose as an inheritance for Himself.
HH: If the people is the subject, things do not proceed well.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord
The people which chose as an inheritance for itself.
HH: The verb "chose" is missing an object. How would you alter the preceding statement?
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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