[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. á¼ÏÏÏÏθε ἸÏάνηÏ
> -- Randall Buth, PhD www.biblicalulpan.org
> ÏάÏÎ¹Ï á½Î¼á¿Î½ καὶ εἰÏήνη
> ÏληθÏ
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Anthony Buzzard
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