David:
One problem with the translation below, “ponder” is not in the Hebrew verse.
Karl W. Randolph.
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:52 PM, David Kolinsky <yishalom AT sbcglobal.net>wrote:
Dear Karl:_______________________________________________
with regard to what you wrote:
Every time I read this, I stop and puzzle over it. And when I look at
translations, it is obvious that I am not the only one.
One option is that here we have a corrupted text.
Another that came to me this morning is that ?? PN does not mean ?lest?
rather it is the imperative of ??? PNH meaning ?to face, turn towards?.
Any thoughts?
I would suggest that PN is indeed related to PNH always.
PNH means: "to show different face, to face, to turn, to give s.thpriority,
to turn away, to turn out, to prepare a surface, to clear out,
toempty out."
PN when we think of it as meaning lest, more specifically and literally
means :
"about facing from the case that"
Therefore:
Gen3:3 = And you shall not touch it about facing from the case that you
shall die
Gen3:22 = And now, about facing from the case that he would send forth his
hand
Gen11:4 = And we shall make for us a name, about facing from the case that
we would be scattered about the face of the earth
Pr5:6 = About facing from the case that she would ponder a path of life,
her paths wander, she would not know it.
David Kolinsky
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