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I am grateful to R.W.L. Moberly and P.J. Williams for their comments on this note. 1 Ex. viii 6, ix 14, Deut. xxxiii 26, 2 Sam. vii 2 (= 1 Chr. xvii 20), Jer. x 6, 7, Ps. lxxxvi 8, 4QpIsa a v 11, 1QH fr. xxxv 2, 4QpPs b xliv 4, lxxvi 14. Other statements of incomparability with non-divine objects or persons illustrate the way that the context supplies the nature of the comparison (1 Sam. x 24, Job i 8, ii 3 [ " î Ò ]; 1 Sam. xxi 10 [ ú ereb ]). See H. Rechenmacher, “Außer mir gibt es keinen Gott!”: Eine sprach- und literatur- wissenschaftliche Studie zur Ausschließlichkeitsformel (St Ottilien, 1997), p. 53. 2 Cf. Gen. xli 39. 3 Though it is not impossible for a prepositional clause to precede the subject in an " ên clause, this is less common. According to Gesenius-Kautzsch, ‘the construct state " ên stands in its natural position immediately before the substantive whose non-existence it predicates, or before the subject of the sentence which is to be negativized’ (GKC, §152 l ). Further, each preposition needs to be considered separately. Thus, for example, l frequently occurs
Vetus Testamentum – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2003
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