Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG]

Dear Moon,

Yes, I think we are getting there now. I thought of "such" as an 
English equivalent, but "such a house" means "a similar house" rather 
than "the house", "such that" is perhaps better though not quite 
right. But then we should not expect a direct equivalent.

Then I thought of another issue which I don't have time to explore. If 
):A$ER is not part of the subordinate clause and is followed by the 
verb of the subordinate clause, that makes the subordinate clause 
verb-initial. That has an impact on the semantics of verb forms. Do 
verbs in ):A$ER clauses act as if they were sentence-initial verbs?

Peter Kirk