To: B-Hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: B-Hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] NXM
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:17:19 -0400
Moreover, the NXM of Job 42:6, where he speaks of his imminent coming
to rest upon a bed of dust and ashes in his grave, is the same NXM as
the WA-YI-NAXAMU of Ezekiel 31:16-17
מִקּוֹל מַפַּלְתּוֹ הִרְעַשְׁתִּי
גוֹיִם בְּהוֹרִדִי אֹתוֹ שְׁאוֹלָה
אֶת-יוֹרְדֵי בוֹר וַיִּנָּחֲמוּ
בְּאֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית כָּל-עֲצֵי-
עֵדֶן מִבְחַר וְטוֹב-לְבָנוֹן כָּל-
שֹׁתֵי מָיִם גַּם-הֵם אִתּוֹ
יָרְדוּ שְׁאוֹלָה אֶל-חַלְלֵי-חָרֶב
and this NXM is also but a milder NXT, as in Job 17:16
בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם-יַחַד
עַל-עָפָר נָחַת
"Will they descend with me into the nether world? Shall we go down
together into the dust" [NAB], and in Job 21:13
וּבְרֶגַע שְׁאוֹל יֵחָתּוּ
"and tranquilly [swiftly?] go down to the nether world." [NAB]