[b-hebrew] Ps 90:8 (alumenu
Harold R. Holmyard III
hholmyard at ont.com
Fri Sep 24 11:30:05 EDT 2004
Dear Reinhard,
Perhaps it has something to do with its singular
number and impersonal reference. The other words
you mentioned, the adjectives, normally function
as substantives in the plural or with reference
to people.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
>can anyone explain me the traditional parsing of (alumenu Ps 90:8 as a
>Qal passive participle? The verb does not have any Qal forms
>at all, and, in my opinion, it seems to be much easier to explain it as
>an adjective
>like (acum "strong" or (arûm "clever".
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