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  • From: Peter_Kirk AT sil.org
  • To: lmartin AT vol.com, b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re[2]: Niphal of NG` (Josh 8:15)
  • Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 21:49 -0500 (EST)


L. Martin wrote: "Thus, in every case where God is the subject of a
niphal verb, it must logically be tolerative."

Hold on, this is getting a bit theological and/or philosophical. OK,
in one sense anything that happens is tolerated by God. But consider
the niphal of YR' "fear", of which God is often the subject. Do we
really have to take this to mean that God allows himself to be feared,
by men, or simply that men, of their own free will, fear God. The
argument would be even stronger with a negative verb e.g. &N' "hate",
but fortuately for your thesis the niphal of &N' is not used with God
as subject.

Peter Kirk




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