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  • From: "Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>
  • To: "Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>
  • Cc: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Holek + infinitive
  • Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:32:10 -0500


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





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