[BibChr]

How long have you studied Hebrew?

For me, it's about thirty years now.

The Hebrew text is unambiguous and, in fact, emphatic. The masculine pronoun is added, though not needed; and the verb is Qal imperfect, third person masculine singular with a second person masculine singular pronominal suffix. "He, he shall strike you."

No doubt about that.

Glad to help,

Dan
Biblical Christianity web site

[gypsigirl]

St. Jerome knew Hebrew very well, maybe even a little better than yourself ;-), as well as being fluent in Latin, Greek, and Chaldaic. His Vulgate is the most accurate translation of Sacred Scripture and was used exclusively until the 1500's.
There is an explanation, though, that makes perfect sense to me and that comes from the bull Inefabilis Deus, written by Bl. Pius the IX, which reads, "Hence just as Christ, the Mediator between God and man, assumed human nature, blotted the handwriting of the decree that stood against us, and fastened it triumphantly to the cross, so the most holy Virgin united to Him by a most intimate and indissoluble bond, was, with Him and through Him, eternally at enmity with the evil serpent, and most completely triumphed over him, and thus crushed his head with her immaculate foot."
So it is "she" and "He" that crushes the head of the serpent, for all things are done through Christ our Lord.

In Charity,
Rita