Steve,
While your translation is possible, the following "and he spoke to me" tends to confirm the usual "and he called to me" or something like it. When in doubt (and in any case!), look at the context.
Yigal
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 4:56 AMSubject: [b-hebrew] Zech 6:8
> The first part of Zech 6:8, ÂÃÈÃÊÚÕÝÝýð¦È, is mostly translated "And > he> cried out to me", which translates the hiphil verb as though it was qal. > And> treats the ýð¦È as an indirect object rather than a direct object.>>>> A few translations (Jubilee2000, YLT, Stone Tanach) translate it, as "And> he called me" which is similar to the way the hiphil verb is translated in> Judges 4:10 & 13.>>>> Why doesn't any translation translate it as, "and it [or He] caused me to> cry out" which seems to be the most straightforward and the most > meaningful?> This would attach the first part of verse 8 to the end of verse 7. The> strong horses going to & fro through the earth in verse 7 caused Zechariah> to cry out due to the great suffering caused by the strong horses.>>>> Thank you,>> -Steve Miller,>>
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