[B-Greek] Judges 13:5 - you will get pregnant

Anthony Buzzard anthonybuzzard at mindspring.com
Sat Feb 17 16:09:56 EST 2007


Randall, in Jud. 13:5,  I see that the notes in 
my Hebrew Bible give us v'yoledet as found in 
"some MSS."  This would be even more vividly a present tense, would it not?
What is the difference between yaladt and yoladt (below)?
Anthony Buzzard

At 02:01 PM 2/17/2007, Randall Buth wrote:
> > I'll let someone else comment on the 
> specifics of the Hebrew...  :) > > N.E. Barry 
> Hofstetter OK, I'll comment: the verbs are 
> classic sequential future in Hebrew in 13:3 
> veharit is "and you will get pregnant" and 
> veyaladt "and you will give birth" In 13:5 both 
> are present: "for behold you are 
> pregnant    hara and giving birth  ve-yoladt. " 
> the last item is a "mixed" vocalization, 
> half-present, half-future (or archaic 
> pre-segolate-pattern present). Vision 
> statements and 'behold' often use the present 
> for rhetorical effect. Which leaves things 
> somewhat flexible in the hand of the 
> recipient/interpreter. which should be the end 
> of this part of the thread since it's Hebrew 
> and not Greek. ἔρρωσθε Ἰωάνης 
> -- Randall Buth, PhD www.biblicalulpan.org 
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