HH; I don't know about Karl's second point, but on the first one let me[Steve Miller] Thanks Harold. These 2 verses do not show me that the -MW suffix can refer to an
cite John Oswalt's commentary on Isaiah 40-66 (NICOT) as it looks at Isa
53:8 in footnote 16 (p. 390):
MT LeMo would usually be translated "(belonging) to them." But Ps 11:7
and Job 22:2 show that the suffix can be taken as a singular, as the
Syriac and Vulgate have it here. LXX has "he was led to death" (LeMoT?),
on the basis off which many commentators (e.g. Whybray) have adopted "he
was stricken to death." But the LXX reading is made suspect by the
tendency of this version to give creative readings for difficult MT
passages in this composition (as also do the Syr. and Vulg.).
HH: Oswalt translates the verse in literalistic fashion: "From
oppression and from judgment he was taken, and his generation, who has
considered it? For he was cut off from the land of the living, from the
transgressions of my people the blow is his.
individual.
Ps 11:7 ... The upright will behold His face.
PNYMW refers to the face of God. God can take a plural pronoun (Gen 1:26;
11:7; 3:22; Isa 6:8). This is the only occurrence of PNYMW in the Tanach
(searching for the exact consonant spelling).
Job 22:2 ... For he that is wise is profitable unto himself. (LYMW here does refer to an individual. In Hebrew the 3ms can be the
indefinite pronoun, best translated as "they" in English, (As Matthew did of
Isa 7:14 DSS in Matt 1:23). Job 22:2 could be translated "For they that are
wise are profitable to themselves." (LYMW is used 11 times in the Tanach. None refer to an individual.
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