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RE: Dying thou shalt die

From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Dying thou shalt die
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:04:03 -0700

Liz wrote:
[snip]
> I need not multiply examples. This form of the verb is used
> countless times throughout the HB. It is used to intensify
> the action of the verb. It should be expressed in English as
> "surely", "certainly," "utterly" or some such.

Exactly. The combination expresses the certainty of the event
without implications of time frame. In English we could even
translate it with reasonable accuracy "When you eat it, death is a
certainty for you." There is no reason to read more than that into
the statement; the details and fulfillment of the statement unfold
from the context of the story.

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
"Éist le glór Dé."

RE: Dying thou shalt die, Mark Wilson, 08/23/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Dying thou shalt die, Liz Fried, 08/25/2000
- RE: Dying thou shalt die, Dave Washburn, 08/25/2000
- Re: Dying thou shalt die, Peter Kirk, 08/25/2000
- Re: Dying thou shalt die, Michael Hildenbrand, 08/25/2000
- Re: Dying thou shalt die, Peter Kirk, 08/26/2000
- RE: Dying thou shalt die, John Ronning, 08/28/2000
- RE: Dying thou shalt die, Bill Ross, 08/28/2000