iddevalois
Puritan Board Freshman
The Bible translations I read and study (ESV and CSB, among others) use a variation of capitalization in conjunction with a variety of words for what the ESV's preface calls "tetragrammaton." As a young lay-person, I know very little about Hebrew and Greek, but I'm curious about the impact this should have on our English grammar.
1 The LORD says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
2 The LORD sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your enemies!
3 Your people will offer themselves freely
on the day of your power,
in holy garments;
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.
4 The LORD has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
Edit: I replaced "say" with "write" and "type" in my first question.
- When a person writes, "Praise the Lord!", is this grammatically and theologically correct? Would it be good and right to write/type instead, "Praise the LORD!"?
- When using "LORD" in an English Bible, is the author (and translator, I suppose) specifying one person of the Triune God? The reason I ask this is because of Psalm 110, which we know to be God the Father speaking to God the Son:
1 The LORD says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
2 The LORD sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your enemies!
3 Your people will offer themselves freely
on the day of your power,
in holy garments;
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.
4 The LORD has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
- If it is the case that "LORD" refers to God the Father and "Lord" refers to God the Son, is there a similar title brought to English from Hebrew for God the Spirit?
Edit: I replaced "say" with "write" and "type" in my first question.
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