The 'Rock' of the King's Sword? A Note on צור in Psalm 89:44.
Several points tell against the usual translation of צור in Ps. 89:44a as the "edge" of the king's sword. The Hebrew noun should be rendered as a divine epithet and vocative: "O Rock." Verse 44 asserts that, far from being the Davidic king's "Rock of salvation" (v. 27), Yahweh as Rock "turns back" t...
| Publicado en: | Vetus Testamentum Vol. 69; no. 4/5; pp. 742 - 748 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
Oct2019
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| Sumario: | Several points tell against the usual translation of צור in Ps. 89:44a as the "edge" of the king's sword. The Hebrew noun should be rendered as a divine epithet and vocative: "O Rock." Verse 44 asserts that, far from being the Davidic king's "Rock of salvation" (v. 27), Yahweh as Rock "turns back" the king's sword. |
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