possible tagging typo in Gen 14:20

Brian Davidson
Brian Davidson Member Posts: 827 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

In Genesis 14:20 it seems וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ is tagged with Melchizedek as the subject of נתן and Abram the antecedent of the 3ms pronominal suffix. Is this intentional? Melchizedek gave Abram (a tenth of everything)?

To see clearly what I'm talking about, you can run a clause search with subject:Melchizedek verb-lemma:נתן and this verse will show up.

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  • George Somsel
    George Somsel Member Posts: 10,150 ✭✭✭


    In Genesis 14:20 it seems וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ is tagged with Melchizedek as the subject of נתן and Abram the antecedent of the 3ms pronominal suffix. Is this intentional? Melchizedek gave Abram (a tenth of everything)?

    To see clearly what I'm talking about, you can run a clause search with subject:Melchizedek verb-lemma:נתן and this verse will show up.


    What bible are you using?

    george
    gfsomsel

    יְמֵי־שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן

  • elnwood
    elnwood Member Posts: 487 ✭✭

    That looks like an error, all right.  "gave" is tagged with person:Melchizedek, and "him" is tagged with person:Abraham.

  • Brian Davidson
    Brian Davidson Member Posts: 827 ✭✭✭

    BHS w/ Westminster 4.2 and Lexham Hebrew Bible, but this tag applies to all (most?) Bibles I think. By "tag" I don't mean morphological tag.

  • Brian Davidson
    Brian Davidson Member Posts: 827 ✭✭✭