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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Holmstedt, Robert D.

Titel

HABAKKUK 3:16—WHERE DID THE אָשֶׁר GO?

Ist Teil von

• Hebrew studies, 2003-01, Vol.44 (1), p.129-138

Ort / Verlag

National Association of Professors of Hebrew in Institutions of Higher Learning

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

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Alma/SFX Local Collection

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• Almost every modern treatment of the אָשֶׁר in Hab 3:16 opts to emend the text to a form of אַשֻׁר "step," citing the text of the Septuagint as support. The few exegetes that choose to maintain the Masoretic Text interpret the אֲשֶׁר as either a causal or concessive particle. In this article, I will argue that neither option is viable—the first does not have convincing textual support; the second reflects an inaccurate understanding of Biblical Hebrew grammar. Rather, I will propose that the אֲשֶׁר clause in Hab 3:16 is an "extraposed relative clause" that modifies the substantive תַּרתַּי.