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  • From: "Tony Calman" <tcalman AT nvision.net.au>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Malachi 3:7 "Why? or How?"
  • Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:56:11 +1000


Dear Hebrewers

The hypothetical response of Israel to the Lord Almighty's question in
Malachi 3:7 is BaMMeh NaSHuB - translated "How shall we return". Is Pieter
Verhoef's (NICOT, p.297) "Why do we have to return?" a fair translation. He
does not make any comment regarding changing the interogative to "why".

Tony Calman
tcalman AT nvision.net.au




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