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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew Forum <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] SOBIY
  • Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 07:01:04 -0700

Isaac:

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

>
> I would not dare give a closed form definition to "Biblical" Hebrew,
>

In other words, is this not an admission that you really don’t know Biblical
Hebrew?


> but in contrast to it, spoken Hebrew does not use the Waw "HAHIPUK", rarely
> (except in poetry) uses the Heh HA$ELAH, rarely uses A$ER, refrains from
> using heavily inflected words, and is strict on tense.
>

Biblical Hebrew doesn’t have tenses, modern Israeli does. Different
grammars, different languages.

>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>
Karl W. Randolph.




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