Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Attributive Genitive? (Ex 35:19)
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:18:39 -0400
Hi Peter, You wrote:
> It seems to me that Bryan is making the error we discussed not long ago
> of trying to classify "genitive" relationships. Or perhaps rather that
> he is only allowing a single classification.
Actually neither. I am questioning one of the "species of genitives" in
certain texts.
<noted and snipped>
>
> So the syntactic parallelism between _bigdey hassrad_ and _bigdey
> haqqodesh_ should not be taken as implying that there must be a semantic
> parallelism.
It seems natural to assume a semantic parallelism if that parallelism makes
perfect sense in context, at least until we hear good reason to do
otherwise.
>There may be; but on the traditional understanding of this
> verse there is not, and I see no good reason for finding a different
> understanding.
>
Speaking of traditional understanding, Rashi says the following of the
expression _ubigdey haqqodesh_ in Exo 29:29: "`al yedey habbegadiym hu'
mitlabbesh bikhunnah gedolah," that is, "*By means of the garments* he
became invested with the high-priesthood" (emphasis mine).
shalom,
Bryan
B. M. Rocine
Living Word Church
6101 Court St. Rd.
Syracuse, NY 13206