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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Definite Article 7:14
  • Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:48:23 -0400

Peter,

I love it: "probably most people on this list are not at all interested in what Gesenius personally believed. We are much more interested in what is the correct understanding of biblical Hebrew".

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 7, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Peter Kirk wrote:

On 07/06/2007 15:44, JoeWallack AT aol.com wrote:


... And, as the Brits say. "the cruncher", Gesenius says:



"As to the instances which I formerly brought forward in contradiction to

this (Lehrg. p.655), they may be explained as follows"



So, in the words of Earnest in the classic The Importance of Being Earnest,

when it was revealed at the very end that his name really was Earnest, "As I

said.""

JW:
So it appears to me that Gesenius was publishing on the subject of Hebrew
grammar
before knowing the proper usage of the Hebrew Definite article. I think of
that as
"embarrassing". If you can think of a better adjective though I'm open to
suggestions.

Joseph


Well, Joseph, I congratulate you on your careful exegesis of the words
of Gesenius, although you would do better to work with the original
German texts rather than with translations. You are clearly a
significant student of the history of the thought of this thinker from
nearly 200 years ago. But, to be honest, I and probably most people on
this list are not at all interested in what Gesenius personally
believed. We are much more interested in what is the correct
understanding of biblical Hebrew.

--
Peter Kirk
E-mail: peter AT qaya.org
Blog: http://www.qaya.org/blog/
Website: http://www.qaya.org/

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