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Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die

From: "Bill Ross" <wross AT farmerstel.com>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 16:02:37 -0500

<Bill>
The literal of Gen 2:17 seems to be:

...dying thou shalt die...

which is generally translated "thou shalt surely die"

* is this a fairly certain translation? could it be taken unidiomatically?

* does the construct appear elsewhere in Scripture?

* does anyone respectable champion another reading?

Thanks for any help,

Bill Ross

Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Bill Ross, 08/19/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Bill Ross, 08/20/2000
- Re: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Dave Washburn, 08/20/2000
- Re: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Steve Doel, 08/21/2000
- Re: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Peter Kirk, 08/21/2000
- SV: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Thomas L. Thompson, 08/21/2000
- RE: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Bill Ross, 08/21/2000
- RE: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Liz Fried, 08/21/2000
- RE: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Jim West, 08/21/2000
- RE: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Liz Fried, 08/21/2000
- Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die, Mark Wilson, 08/21/2000