From: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] $KK
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 12:26:58 -0300
karl,
1. here is the text in job 15 (trans: MM). it refers to "the wicked " [ rasha( ] in a long string of verbs in THIRD SINGULAR. for some reason you are not satisfied with v. 28 (whose translation below looks perfectly within context to me) and change the verb there to THIRD PLURAL.
with this, and with the change of $KN to $KK, you are creating an isolated verse (28) not related thematically, nor syntactically, to the text before or after it (and i still do not see how the noun "cities" and the intransitive verb "abate" can be joined in a meaningful way
in english, or in hebrew).
why go into all this trouble?
i presume that what has bothered you in the first place was lack of continuity between v. 27 and 28. but this problem is created not by v. 28, which is perfectly within context; it is created by v. 25-27, in which the poet makes a mocking digression on the futility of the wicked man's rebellion against god.
terminated the digression, v. 28-35 return to the topic left off in v. 20-24, i.e. the misfortunes of the wicked, in a perfectly thematic way which requires no alteration of the text.
34 For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
לה הָרֹה עָמָל, וְיָלֹד אָוֶן; וּבִטְנָם, תָּכִין מִרְמָה.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
nir cohen
On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:19:46 -0700, K Randolph wrote
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i personally see nothing in that sentence which indicates
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that $KN="dwell" does not fit the context, or that
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$KK="calm down" makes more sense.
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> The verb $KK = “to abate” as in flood waters going down Genesis 8:1
or the king’s wrath going down Esther 7:10, so here in Job 15:28 cut off
cities going down into
ruin.
Re: [b-hebrew] $KK,
Nir cohen - Prof. Mat., 11/01/2012