Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>]

hi Lee,

yes that makes sense. and there is still the context to account for.  it
is, after all, a passage describing a program rather than a history.  it is
essentially expository.  so how about this translation of v. 29 as a for
instance: "as for the families of the children of Qehat, they were to
encamp..."?

Shalom,
Bryan


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> From: Lee R. Martin <lmartin AT vol.com>
> To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
> Subject: Re: Discourse in Numbers
> Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 8:58 AM
> 
> Dear Bryan,
> The yiqtols in vv. 23, 29, and 35 do not look like jussives to me.  It
would
> have been very simple to make them jussives by placing them in first
> position.  They do not seem to be modal IMHO.  They are either habitual
past
> actions, or (as I prefer) future actions in relation to the time of the
> setting, namely the census.
> 
> Lee R. Martin
> 


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