[b-hebrew] $)L, sheol

pporta at oham.net pporta at oham.net
Thu Sep 20 23:46:07 EDT 2007


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir at gmail.com>
To: <b-hebrew at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] $)L "ask" and $)WL "underworld"


> On 9/20/07, Pere Porta wrote:
>> Can the noun $:)WOL, sheol, be considered as an Infinitive  --either
>> construct (1Sa 12:17) or absolute (Gen 43:7)--  of the verb $F)AL, to
>> ask?
>> Is it possible that this noun took origine from the fact that every human
>> being "is asking" what he will find after death?
>> If yes, would it come from the Infinitive construct rather than from the
>> Infinitive absolute? Perhaps this last question makes no sense because
>> both
>> Infinitives are the same thing?
>
> 1 Sam 12:17 is not in construct


What then is L$)WL (1Sam 12:17) if not Infinitive construct?

Pere Porta
Barcelona (Spain)



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