Reconsidering Habakkuk 1:8

Balogh Csaba

This study argues that the phrase פָּרָשָׁיו וּפָרָשָׁיו should be emended to פָּרָשָׁיו וּפָרְשׂוּ, "their horses (or: horsemen) swarm out (or: spread out)". This reading is indirectly supported by some of the ancient witnesses (LXX and 1QpHab) and is better suited to its context than the Massoretic version.

Balogh Csaba: Reconsidering Habakkuk 1:8. In: Egeresi László Sándor, Kókai-Nagy Viktor (ed.): Propheten der Epochen / Prophets during the Epochs. Festschrift für István Karasszon zum 60. Geburtstag / Studies in Hounour of István Karasszon for his 60th Birthday. Ugarit Verlag (2015), 113--125Ugarit Verlag 2015