Dear Karl,
I had never heard of this translation before, so I spent some time poking
around their translation and site, and to say that I am underwhelmed is an
understatement.
As I stated before to Isaac, "The bottom line, you can't take just one verse
from a highly poetic
use, where you are not even sure of the root being used, to argue
against the clear meaning of a verb in its other
uses." I would extend that even to allowing for a one time use of a
unique meaning to fit a one time occurance.
Like all other translations I have seen, I do not see this one as a source
of scholarly information on the Hebrew Bible, its social climate nor
language.
HH: The NAB also has that translation like "pile":
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/job/job6.htm
My brethren are undependable as a brook, as watercourses that run dry in
the wadies;
16
Though they may be black with ice, and with snow heaped upon them,
17
Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from
their place.
I am not expert in Job, but I could easily see the more common root (LM
being suitable for this context if the idea of the snow "hiding itself"
was a poetic way of saying that it melted in the water. Several
translations use "melt" in the text.
The NET Bible notes said:
The verb יִתְעַלֶּם (yit'allem) has been translated "is hid" or "hides
itself." But this does not work easily in the sentence with the
preposition "upon them."
HH: This objection does not sustain itself for me because the snow would
be melting "upon them," upon the torrents [ NXLYM ] of Job 6:15. The
snow lands on the water, sits there for a moment, then hides itself by
melting.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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