03-05-2004, 08:57 PM
Shlama Akhi Andrew,
I am also puzzled by the dir. object pointer eth being represented
in The Peshitta OT. Here's the Cal Lexicon entry:
Smith's Syriac Dictionary has
I agree that the Peshitta is a much overlooked source in OT textual criticism. From the articles I have read on Hugoye, The OT Peshitta text seems very close to the Massoretic Hebrew text, but could be used to correct changes in The Divine name in many places, etc.
I have found a chapter subscript introducing Psalms 23 which seems to indicate a very early Christian translator of The Psalms. Many of these subscriptions seem clearly Christian in character. The translation I did for the one in Psalms 23 characterizes the Psalm as "a spiritual introduction of the new Christian peoples".
I think this study is worthy of our interest and may yield quite a large payoff.
I am more and more impressed with how God has preserved His holy word for more than three millenia and has left abundant testimony to its Divine origin and sacred characteristics.
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Dave B
I am also puzzled by the dir. object pointer eth being represented
in The Peshitta OT. Here's the Cal Lexicon entry:
Quote:CAL Outline Lexicon: GENERAL yt
yt N yt)
1 Syr essence
2 Syr w suff = refl pron
3 Syr sign of dir obj
LS2 311
LS2 V: yAtA)
abs. voc: yAt
yt p
1 BibArDan,Palestinian,CPA,Sam accusative particle
2 Palestinian demonstrative pronoun
Smith's Syriac Dictionary has
Quote::"Archaism used like Heb. eth as sign of accusative . "It is used in conjunction with personal pronoun enclitics as well. Apparently it occurs throughout The Peshitta OT hundreds of times.
I agree that the Peshitta is a much overlooked source in OT textual criticism. From the articles I have read on Hugoye, The OT Peshitta text seems very close to the Massoretic Hebrew text, but could be used to correct changes in The Divine name in many places, etc.
I have found a chapter subscript introducing Psalms 23 which seems to indicate a very early Christian translator of The Psalms. Many of these subscriptions seem clearly Christian in character. The translation I did for the one in Psalms 23 characterizes the Psalm as "a spiritual introduction of the new Christian peoples".
I think this study is worthy of our interest and may yield quite a large payoff.
I am more and more impressed with how God has preserved His holy word for more than three millenia and has left abundant testimony to its Divine origin and sacred characteristics.
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Dave B