130. - Collection Point® | The Total Digital Asset Management System
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172 Structure and the Book ofZechariah<br />
Repeated Words in Zechariah 9.1-8<br />
mrr, vv. l.##3,9, 14.##1,8,15,16. <strong>The</strong>re is an interesting gap<br />
between vv. 1 and 14, but it does not seem to be significant for our<br />
purposes.<br />
DJ, vv.2, 7*, 11*, 72. Otherwise: 3.7##12*,17; 8.6, 21*; 11.8;<br />
12.2; 13.2; 14.14. Instances marked with an asterisk have a following<br />
maqqeph with a pronoun. Those italicized are followed by a noun.<br />
<strong>The</strong> word itself is insignificant enough. Does it suggest the work of a<br />
redactor, particularly when used at the beginning of a verse? It does<br />
not seem possible that it has any structuring function within 9.1-8 or<br />
chs. 9-14.<br />
»3 may be ignored.<br />
pj), vv. 1, 8. It is tempting to try and make use of this. It has been<br />
an important (though sometimes obscure) word in chs. 1-8, and it<br />
occurs only at the beginning and end of our section. Elsewhere in<br />
chs. 9-14: 11.12, 17##10,15; 12.4; 14.12. (In Zech. 1-8: 2.1*, 5*,<br />
12; 3.9; 4.10; 5.1*, 5*, 6, 9*; 6.1*. An asterisk denotes the expression<br />
'I lifted up my eyes' or similar expressions). Our safest course of<br />
action is to keep the MT and to translate 'Yahweh's eye is upon man'<br />
(cf. Zech. 12.4; 3.9; 4.10). See p. 166 n. 3 above, and the section on<br />
'eye' in Chapter 4 below.<br />
~i3i, vv. 2, 3; cf. TIUD 3.3. <strong>The</strong>re are no occurrences elsewhere.<br />
iwa, vv. 2, 5, 9 ('very wise', 'writhe exceedingly', 'rejoice exceedingly').<br />
Some sort of progression or contrast may be intended here<br />
but it is impossible to demonstrate it. We must ignore the word.<br />
run, vv. 5, 8, 14, is a common word in chs. 1-6, but occurs, in the<br />
rest of the book, only here and at 10.7.<br />
|V7pBto, v. 5.##2,14; nru, v. 5.##4,13; and jripa, vv. 5.#7, 7.#14,<br />
should be considered together. Verse 5 has a chiastic formation:<br />
Ashkelon—Gaza—Ekron—Gaza—Ashkelon<br />
But Ekron also occurs in v. 7, after mention has been made of<br />
Ashdod, and Philistia as a whole. We have met this pattern before. 1<br />
1. Amos 5.5-6. Zeph. 2.4-7 has the following sequence:<br />
v. 4 Gaza—Ashkelon—Ashdod—Ekron<br />
v. 5 Chcrcthites/Philistincs<br />
v. 7 Ashkelon.<br />
Here it would be reasonable to suppose that the mention of Ashkelon stands for the<br />
whole group of Philistine cities. Note also that Gath is omitted also from Zephaniah,