Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 2 Samuel 23:3
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 19:55:49 -0700
Steve and Kenneth:
The word מושל MW$L usually written without the waw can refer to either the
ruler or the rule, making the closing statement “just is the rule of the
fear of the Lord.”
The LXX suggests that there was a loss of a word through a copyist error.