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  • From: "Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>
  • To: Trevor M Peterson <spedrson AT juno.com>, Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Joel 3:5
  • Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:18:56 -0500


> Not necessarily.

You may be right, but I want to see some examples of the relative clause used
as predicate as you suggest it is here.

> If you remember, my translation did not actually repeat
> the state of being verb, but it still conveyed the same idea without
> using it. And I see no reason that the same could not happen in Hebrew.
> But I see Bryan has already mentioned this, so I'll shut up about it.

Bryan's solution involved another addition, which changes the whole picture.

> As
> for other examples, I'm not sure what you're looking for. It's the
> specific relationship this clause bears to the first part of the verse
> that allows it to happen in this specific way. What specific
> construction would you want to see as evidence?

Being Verb + Relative (where other elements intervene)

Lee R. Martin





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