> From: kenneth greifer Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 7:49 AM > > I like this alternative translation of Zech. 12:10. Maybe it says "...and they will look > to Me with whom they pierced, and they will mourn about him..."
[Steve Miller] Kenneth, from the use of et in the Bible, I think that "et" can mean "with" (or "for" or "to" depending on the verb) only in certain situations: 1) connecting 2 nouns 2) with an intransitive or reflexive verb 3) when there is another direct object. 4) with communication verbs et can precede the thing communicated (i.e. devarim) as the direct obj marker, or it can precede the receiver of the communication as a preposition "with" or "to". This may be true of other verbs where direct object and the indirect object cannot be confused. The verb "pierced" never takes the preposition meaning of et. Also "pierced" always takes a direct object. So in Zec 12:10, et marks "whom" as the direct object of "pierced". > > 1 Samuel 30:23 could say "...you will not do thus, my brothers, with what (et asher) > the L-rd has given to us." This could be similar to Zech. 12:10 "et asher". [Steve Miller] I agree that the above is the meaning of 1 Sam 30:23, but "with" in this verse means something very different than "with" in your proposed translation of Zech 12:10. "Et" is the dir obj marker here as in, "Do not make what the Lord has given us into this". "Do with" is the meaning of the verb asa here. The witness to search for would not be "et asher" but "pierced" followed by "et". > > Zech. 9:1 could say "to the L-rd is the eye of a man (mankind?) and all of the tribes > of Israel." Some quotes use "adam" as "a man". Lev. 1:2, Numb. 19:14, Neh. 2:10, > Eccl. 11:8. And Zech. 9:14 also says G-d will be seen over Israel. [Steve Miller] sounds ok. > > There are many quotes that mention people or nations being pierced in different > ways. Zechariah 9:13 mentions a sword or arrow against Javan. Both can pierce. > Zech. 12:3 says Israel will be a stone that cuts (pierces?) nations. Zech. 11:17 a > shepherd slashed by a sword. Zech. 13:3 and 13:7 also sound similar. > [Steve Miller] Also Zech 3:9, the engraving on the stone Zec 11:10-11 cutting the staff Beauty, and 11:14 cutting the staff Bonds. > Kenneth Greifer [Steve Miller] Sincerely, -Steve Miller Detroit www.voiceInWilderness.info No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
