Biblical Hebrew Forum

[yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>]

rocine: >Doesn't the natural impossiblility of a flower speaking
>warrant a focus?  
Yes, but on the speaking.

>Our world-knowledge tells us there is only
>one "real" candidate for a speaker in the story, Ariyel.  So
>while the fronted element does not distinguish *between*
>speakers, its clarifies the surprising truth: there *are*
>two speakers.  And if you buy this, might you buy the SV
>order after all?

Like I said, it is the situation of a speaking flower, not the flower
itself.
vehinne dibbera ha-peraH
is a winner.

Randall Buth