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thanks, karl.
pay back indeed is better than castigate. it is not clear whether Y$LM here LITERALLY derives from "pay" or from "complete" (historically "pay" may anyway be derived from "complete"). my imagery of paying a ransom, as well as your translation, are based on the first option "pay". nir cohen On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:33:29 -0800, K Randolph wrote > Thanks, Nir: > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br> wrote: >
> This reading makes good sense, though I disagree with some of the translations below. > this version is interesting for three reasons thematic to the > > Clearly so here.
> > In the Hebrew meanings ישלם is “pay back” in the sense of paying back, returning to those who hate him according to their hatred. “Recover” for יכפר is a bit of a stretch, but can be recognized as the end result of redemption.
> > Before we castigate the Masoretes, it could very well have been that the best text they had available after the Romans finished their swath of destruction may have been corrupted in this section, and the Masoretes did the best they could. > > I believe that this is not the only place where translators found that the Hebrew was corrupted, so followed the LXX that made sense.
> Thanks again, that clarifies the verse. > > Karl W. Randolph. -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) |
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