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Re: participle for "what do you do?"

From: John Ronning <ronning AT ilink.nis.za>
To: Bryan Rocine <596547 AT ican.net>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: participle for "what do you do?"
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:24:53 +0200

Bryan Rocine wrote:

> mornin' John!
>
> but the qotel form in such cases is typically thought of as a noun, no?
> see W and O'C section 5.2. you translated them as nouns, correctly, imo.
>
>

Happy impeachment day, Bryan.

Feel free to substitute "participle used as noun" in the question if you
wish.

Perhaps we can agree that the answer to What do you do? (as an
occupation) is "melammed `ibrith anoki" (Psalm 119:99), while the answer
to What do you do (habitually)? is (as you put it) 'elmad `ivrith (like
Ps 1:2b).

Thanks for sharpening my thinking.

Shalom

John

participle for "what do you do?", John Ronning, 12/19/1998
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: participle for "what do you do?", Bryan Rocine, 12/19/1998
- Re: participle for "what do you do?", John Ronning, 12/20/1998
- Re: participle for "what do you do?", yochanan bitan, 12/20/1998