I don't have
mine handy at the moment, but this is some type of accent
mark. Note that there is a different accenting system for
Psalms (and Job and Proverbs, I think) from the other books
Trevor:
Forgive my "piggy-backing" on your reply but I have not so far received the
original posting on this topic ( although I can see it in the archives ).
Rather ironic, that, since it came from the same domain as my own <g>.
BTW, the original poster seems to have misread the versification -- it
should read 2:12
You, of course, are right about the separate accent systems for Pss, Jb and
Prov. The insert, and the "bookmarker" which came with my printed edition
of BHS list the accent as " pazer " ( macron over both vowels ) with a >
cf. I 15 < where I = Job.
Could I add another guide to BHS?
Wonnenberger, Reinhard. Understanding BHS: a Manual for the Users of Biblia
Hebraica Stuttgartiensis. Subsidia biblica - 8. Rome: P.B.I, 1990.
and on the masorah question he raised:
Yeivin, Israel. Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah. 5. Masoretic Studies,
Orlinsky, Harry M. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1980.
Kelley, Page H., and Daneil S. Mynatt, eds. The Masorah of B.H.S. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie