[b-hebrew] Daniel 6:27 (time indefinite) II

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Tue Nov 15 09:20:52 EST 2005


@Solomon:

@solomon: 
Solomon:> I, too, am a native speaker of English, and to me "to time indefinite" and  "indefinitely" signal the same thing. 
 Unless you have counted the number of years that make up "forever," it is  indeed an "indefinite" or "indefinitely-lasting" time. Otherwise, how long is 
 "forever"? 
Response: Well when I first started discussing with Dr.Furuli, I was not familiar with the NWT use of `WLM.  I own a NWT but never really flipped through it except for verses dealing with Christ.  Anyway, when I came to "to time indefinite."  I had to stop and think about what this meant, it was not very clear, at first I thought the NWT translators made this expression up.  
Even though forever is an indefinite/unknown amount of time, the reverse is not true.  An indefinite amount of time does not have to mean 'forever.'  It can be three days, a week, a month etc.
 
Solomon:> But as I said before, to each his own. "Time indefinite" works for me, as 
> well as a fair number of other native speakers of English I know. 
Response: Sure, you are familiar with the NWT, I had no idea what it meant when I first looked at it.  It took me awhile and I am a native speaker as well.  


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