Книга Осии, глава 3: опыт комментированного перевода

Восток. Афро-азиатские общества: история и современность. 2024. № 2. С. 211–239.

Kogan L., Yurovitskaya M.

This article is a part of the forthcoming commentary on the biblical Book of Hosea. It contains a new translation of chapter 3 with an introduction and a detailed philological com- mentary on the Hebrew text.

In the commentary, we analyze a number of complex or rare words and expressions: 1) rēaʕ “neighbor”; 2) pānā “to turn” as a part of the expression “to turn to other gods”; 3) ʔǎšīšā presumably “raisin cake”; 4) yāšab with the preposition lə- meaning “to wait”; 5) hāyā lə-ʔīš “to be with a man”; 6) the cultic terms maṣṣēbōt “sacred stones”, ʔēpōd and tərāpīm; 7) ṭūb “kindness”; 8) bə-ʔaḥǎrīt ha-yyāmīm literally “at the end of the days”.

We also study morphologically ambiguous forms and complex syntactic constructions: 1) the passive participle ʔǎhūba, which can have an active meaning; 2) the verbal form ʔäkkərähā, containing dagesh forte dirimens; the analysis of the form is accompanied by a detailed overview of the use of this sign; 3) the preposition ʔēl with a noun without a verb as a prepositional nominal predicate; 4) pāḥad “to be afraid” in combination with the directive preposition ʔēl as an example of constructio praegnans.

At the level of exegesis, we analyze both popular and rare but convincing interpretations of the text. In some cases, we offer a new perspective on Hosea 3. We believe that verses 3:2–4 contain several allusions to the Exodus. We interpret verse 3:4 as a prophecy predicting the destruction of the sanctuaries of the Northern Kingdom.

Keywords: biblical hebrew, древнееврейский язык, пророки, Hosea, Осия