Instruct my ignorance!

[thyrodandstaff]

thyrodandstaff

Instruct my ignorance!

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and will not cease to do them good: and I will give my fear in their heart, that they may not revolt from me. [Jeremias (Jeremiah) 32:40]
DR
et feriam eis pactum sempiternum et non desinam eis benefacere et timorem meum dabo in corde eorum ut non recedant a me [Jeremias (Jeremiah) 32:40]

32:40 With them I will make an everlasting covenant, never to cease doing good to them; I will put fear of me in their hearts so that they never turn away from me. NAB

Any thoughts from Tradition about the possible difference between the translation of, “…I will put my fear in their heart…”, and, “…I will put fear of me in their hearts…”.

I think timorem meum means my fear not fear of me put I don’t know Latin that well. Can someone grammatically analyze the Latin sentence even? Gratias.

 

[MarkThompson]

It would be better to look into what the original Hebrew says. In any event, the Latin here is ambiguous. “Meum” is indeed the first person possessive pronoun, but, grammatically speaking, “timorem meum” can either mean “the fear which I possess” or “the fear of * me.” The former usage is the standard Possessive Genitive, while the latter is called the Objective Genitive, and comes up in phrases like “amor Chrisi” (generally “love of Christ,” not “Christ’s love”), “amor patriae” (“love of country,” not “a country’s love”), “desiderium oti” (“a yearning for rest,” not “rest’s yearning”), etc.*

 

[thyrodandstaff]

So what would they Hebrew say?

 

[MarkThompson]

So what would they Hebrew say?

You’ll have to find someone who know Hebrew for that one!