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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Harold Holmyard
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 14:7; 53:6/7
Dear Bob,
> What is the story behind the 'declension' of Salvation: in one case
> yod-shin-vav-ayin-taw (14:7) in the second case the ayin and vav are
> reversed and the u vowel is marked by qibbus without using the vav as
mater
> and the final syllable has a holem with vav rather than a patah (with the
> ayin).
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>
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> Do these words both mean salvation? Why the taw as last letter? It doesn't
> seem to be a pronominal suffix.
>
>
HH: Yes, they both mean "salvation." One is singular and the other is
plural. It is the same basic word. In Hebrew there is an abstract
plural, and that is what probably occurs in Ps. 53:6. Either that or the
author thinks in terms of various acts of deliverance.