Ruth 4.4
Dave Washburn
dwashbur at nyx.net
Wed Sep 22 14:27:34 EDT 1999
Matthew,
> Gday all,
>
> How do people parse the kethiv and qere forms in Ruth 4.4? I take the K as
> indicative and the Q as cohortative. Any thoughts?
I don't think "indicative" is the right term, but I would agree that the
K is a yiqtol. It looks to me as though the difference is "that I may
know" (K) versus "and I will surely know" (Q, cohortative), just a tad
stronger.
Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
"Ich veranlassenarbeitenworken mein Mojo."
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