Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Dear Peter,
I do not know how one could do a computer search for such a construction, but 
I will
offer the following as examples.  This manual searching is very time 
consuming, so I
will give only these following examples that I was able to find in about an 
hour.
Gen 3:5 "in the day of your eating it your eyes will be opened."  BeYOM does 
not
have the article because it is in construct (like BeReShiT in Gen. 1:1).  This
temporal phrase is followed by a WaW (weqatal). (Contrast with Gen.2:17)
Others are:
Exodus 32:34 "in the day I visit I will visit upon them their sin." (Contrast 
with
Lev. 25:9)
Ex. 6:28-29 & 16:5 seem to be applicable, even though preceded by HYH, 
especially
when you contrast them with 16:22, 27, and Lev. 9:1, 14:9
Num 7:1
Deut 27:2 (contrast the similar construction in Deut 21:16, but without waw)
Josh 6:15
Ruth 4:5
1 Sam 13:22
1 Ki 2:37
1 Ki 2:42
Psalm 138:3
Eccl 12:3-4
Isa 14:3-4
Isa 22:20 & 23:15 (contrast with Isa 24:21, 27:12,13)
Hosea 1:5 (contrast with 2:23)
Amos 3:14
Micah 5:9 (contrast with Hosea 2:18)
Lev 7:16b  And on the morrow (waw) the remainder of it shall be eaten.
Gen 19:15 And when morning dawned, (waw) the angels urged Lot . . .




Peter Kirk wrote:

> Often? A few weeks ago I asked on this list for examples of this and
> from the list I received I found just one clear example, and in that
> case the following verb was WAYYIQTOL (which cannot be separated from
> its WAW) rather than WE-X QATAL. Can you send me more? I exclude cases
> like WAYHIY BE-... WE-... where there is a verb with the temporal
> indicator - the case under discussion is a hanging prepositional phrase
> with no verb and separated from the following clause by WE-.
>
> Peter Kirk
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator 
> _________________________________
> Subject: Re: SV: Gilgamesh and Genesis 1:1
> Author:  <lmartin AT vol.com> at Internet
> Date:    17/01/2000 14:44
>
> Dear Peter,
> Temporal indicators often are followed by clause with waw.
> Lee R. Martin
>
> Peter Kirk wrote:
>
> > I don't know if NPL was on this list at the time, but it's not many
> > months since we had an exhaustive discussion of the syntax of Genesis
> > 1:1. My conclusion was that Lee Martin's interpretation of this verse
> > cannot be syntactically correct, as this would leave it as a hanging
> > prepositional phrase linked to nothing else, for verse 2 (starting
> > with WAW) is clearly a new sentence. So I agree with NPL that the
> > literal meaning of BERE'SHIT is "at a beginning" with no construct
> > chain. But this cannot mean "one of many beginnings" but in this
> > context can only mean "in the beginning" in an absolute sense.
> >
> > Peter Kirk
> >
> > ______________________________ Reply Separator 
> > _______________________________
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> > Subject: Re: SV: Gilgamesh
> > Author:  <lmartin AT vol.com> at Internet
> > Date:    17/01/2000 11:24
>
> <snip>

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Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary
http://earth.vol.com/~lmartin/