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  • From: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] syntax question
  • Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:27:33 -0400

Dear Richard,
The clause you suggest "I desire mercy" is not what I'm getting at.
How do you say "I desire *him to be* merciful"?
Understand?
Liz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Burks [mailto:rburks9400 AT comcast.net]
> Sent: Wed, September 03, 2003 10:02 AM
> To: Liz Fried; Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] syntax question
>
>
> Liz,
>
> As I noted maybe I was missing something ... However if both the clauses
> have a perfective meaning then they seem to say what you are asking ...
> Exactly what time in the past does not seem important, the fact that both
> clauses in your example are completed action seem the critical
> factor to me.
> But then I don't see why you would have to say it differently in modern
> Hebrew either.
>
> I guess I will let someone else respond ... And maybe I will learn
> something.
>
> Bill
>
> On 9/3/03 9:12 AM, "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu> wrote:
>
> > The point is how do you say "I wanted *him to go* yesterday."
> > Liz
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Richard Burks [mailto:rburks9400 AT comcast.net]
> >> Sent: Wed, September 03, 2003 9:48 AM
> >> To: Liz Fried; Biblical Hebrew
> >> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] syntax question
> >>
> >>
> >> Lisbeth,
> >>
> >> I did not find any examples of exactly the type of sentences you
> >> propose in
> >> your question, and I am certain there are others who will
> weigh in on this
> >> but I shall point to two passages that when pasted together
> would make the
> >> type of statement you are looking for. In Hosea 6:6 "For I
> >> desire mercy
> >> ..." [JPS] and 2 Chronicles 28:1 "but he did not ..." [KJV]
> "and he did
> >> not" [JPS]. The clauses in your sentence could be independent
> clauses and
> >> are connected together only by the conjunction. I don't see
> why you can't
> >> create independent clauses in BH much in the same way and glue
> >> them together
> >> with the waw conjunction.
> >>
> >> But maybe I am missing something
> >>
> >> Bill Burks
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/3/03 8:41 AM, "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear All,
> >>> I've started to study modern Hebrew
> >>> (I"m going to be teaching at the Rothberg School in
> >>> Jerusalem this fall.)
> >>> In modern Hebrew to say "I wanted her to marry him,
> >>> but she didn't," you have to say "I wanted that she will
> >>> marry him, but she did not marry him."
> >>> How would you say this in BH? I can't think of an example.
> >>> Thanks.
> >>> Liz
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Lisbeth S. Fried
> >>> Visiting Scholar
> >>> Department of Near Eastern Studies
> >>> University of Michigan
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> >>> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
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