Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>]

n>BH is with the participle, no auxiliary neccessary.  My wife calls,
>"Dinner!"  and i reply, "'ani holek!"  we both know it will be a couple
>minutes before i break away from writing e-mail

Dear Bryan,
Jan Joosten has written that "ani holek" is different from "holek ani."
"Ani holek" would be used if you were in the process of going.  "Holek ani"
would be used as in your example above, immediate future. Contrast Genesis
9:12 (where the covenant-making is in process) with Ezek. 2:3 (where the
sending of Ezek. is imminent).  Have you found Joosten's argument
persuasive?

Lee R. Martin