Hi Isaac,
thank you for your response.
Just to clarify, you are suggesting that we ammend the text and add היא, right?
Adding the pronoun would certainly ease the syntax, but I think that kind of emendation ought to be a last resort. I also think you mean hu' rather than hî'', as the subject is masculine.
All the best
Phil.
From: Isaac Fried
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 3:40 AM
To: Phil Sumpter
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A jussive in Ps 24:5?
ישא = היא-שא
with the personal pronoun standing for the actor. The rest is up to you.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Aug 1, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Phil Sumpter wrote:
I've been trying to figure out the syntax of the verb >yissa'< in Ps 24:5. All translations and commentaries that I am aware of see this verb as starting a new clause and translate it is "He will receive ... ." Andersen-Forbes, however, see it as the predicate of the entire of v. 4, rending: "One of clean hands ... will receive ... ." It was recently suggested to me at SBL that it is a jussive.
Does anyone have any views on this? I have posted a more detailed overview along with further questions that this raises for me on my blog at: http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/2009/08/is-in- ps-245-jussive.html.
Thanks in advance,
Philip Sumpter
http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/
_______________________________________________
b-hebrew mailing list
b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.