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Re: participle for present?-j.r.

From: yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
To: John Ronning <ronning AT ilink.nis.za>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: participle for present?-j.r.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:55:54 -0500

{john ronning wrote}
>I'd say d, close to b., changing sham to `ad koh. {end quote}

= ani ro'e et ha-parot `ad koh (?-rb)

{john ronning wrote}
>Note e.g. Jer 1:11, The word of the Lord came to me saying, "What do you
see, Jeremiah?" (mah 'attah ro'eh) >And I said, "I see a rod of an almond
tree." ('anoki ro'eh).
>Also Gen 22:5 shows `ad koh for "over there."

yafe!
'koh' may be a bit "closer" than "sham" but nice in anycase. "shamma" can
work, too.
your texts for "is seeing (at this moment)" are to the point and could
hardly be improved upon.

braxot
randall

Re: participle for present?-j.r., yochanan bitan, 12/16/1998