Rejoice, Dear Zion!: Hebrew Construct Phrases with "Daughter" and "Virgin" as Nomen Regens

Magnar Kartveit

Published by De Gruyter 2013

Rejoice, Dear Zion!

Hebrew Construct Phrases with "Daughter" and "Virgin" as Nomen Regens

Magnar Kartveit

Volume 447 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110309157

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About this book

The phrase “Daughter of Zion” is in recent Bible translations often rendered “Daughter Zion”. The discussion behind this change has continued for decades, but lacks proper linguistic footing. Parlance in grammars, dictionaries, commentaries and textbooks is often confusing.

The present book seeks to remedy this defect by treating all relevant expressions from a linguistic point of view. To do this, it also discusses the understanding of Hebrew construct phrases, and finds that while there is a morphological category of genitive in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac do not display it. The use of this term as a syntactical category is unfortunate, and the term should be avoided in Hebrew grammar. Metaphor theory and the use of irony are also tools in the discussion of the phrases.

As a result of the treatment, the author finds that there are some Hebrew construct phrases where nomen regens describes the following nomen rectum, and the description may be metaphorical, in some cases also ironical. This seems to be the case with “Daughter of Zion” and similar phrases. This understanding calls for a revision of the translation of the phrases, and new translations are suggested.

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Magnar Kartveit, School of Misssion and Theology, Stavanger, Norway.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Chapter 1: Signs of Zion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2: Does “Daughter of Zion” Refer to a Collective or an Individual? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Chapter 3: “Daughter (of) Zion” in Recent Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Chapter 4: The Genitive and the Construct State in Semitic Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Chapter 5: Semantic Analysis of the Construct Phrases with “Daughter” and/or “Virgin” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Chapter 6: Can Nomen Regens in Biblical Hebrew be a Metaphor Applied (in Apposition?) to Nomen Rectum? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chapter 7: Dear Zion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Index of Modern Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Index of Ancient Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 200
Keywords: Hebrew language; grammar; metaphor; Semitics

eBook

Published: July 15, 2013
ISBN: 9783110309157

Hardcover

Published: June 18, 2013
ISBN: 9783110308945