Hi Karl,It is. But there are more than one tool in semantics, not just
I see what you are saying. I noticed the two Psalm vv. when I did my
research. I will concede the grammatical technicality you point out.
As for "something in the text that grammar by itself does not support":
I don't know why we should limit ourselves to grammar alone. My query
relates essentially to semantics in this thread, not grammar. I thought
we might explore the meaning and use of the idiom _labo' lipney_. (I
thought semantics was your special passion.)
From a strict grammatical analysis, three times the subject is anevent, not a person. How it is used in a literary sense is a different
I just don't see that your grammatical issue makes any difference in theNo. Grammatically there is nothing there. Rather it has more to do
two psalms you have cited. In fact, the two psalms you cite are
excellent examples where the structure _labo' lipney_ creates an
audience-scene. Do you also see what I am saying--that, in view of the
15-20 extant uses of this structure _labo' lipney_, Gen 6:13 needs to be
understood as an audience-scene?
Some on the list may wonder how my assertion that _labo' lipney_ would
impact translation if it is understood as expressing an audience-scene.
See the NIV, the TNK, and my own translation below.
NIV Gen 6:13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all
people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.
WRONG!
TNK Gen 6:13 God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all
flesh, for the earth is filled with lawlessness because of them
WRONG!
BETTER:
So God said to Noah, "I realize the end of all life approaches because
the earth is filled with violence from them..."
Shalom,
Bryan
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