but the Masoretes' system dictated that such things would generally appear
at the end of a speech division, which means in most cases they will
coincide with the atnach or silluq.
Trevor:
Back in May 2002, there was an interesting question, involving pausal
forms, raised on this list, with reference to Song of Solomon 1:4 :
>>At 01:45 17/05/02, Steve Fontenot wrote:
"rejoice in you" (NASB) - NKJV says, "rejoice in you. Feminine singular,
that is, the Shulamite." NIV says, "delight in you; {The Hebrew is
masculine singular.}" Which is correct? <<
I explained [ posting of May 17 ] :
>>however, whenever each of these subdivisions is longer than normal,
supplementary marks ( accents ) are employed to make further breaks within
the already broken segments. Song 1:4 is quite a long verse, and the <
bak > in question has two vertical dots above the < b >. These dots are
named "zakef qaton" and are the tip-off that this is a shortened form of <
baka >.<<
I added: >>. So, rather than accusing the NKJV note-makers of eisegesis I
should, I suppose, suggest that they hadn't got to the end of the grammar;
I'm not sure that that's any kinder <g> <<
Regards,
Maurice
Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie