Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Hello,

In a message dated 09/06/2000 11:41:55 AM Mountain 
Daylight Time, brocine AT earthlink.net writes:
<< There are indeed examples in which hyh clearly 
means *became* that do not have lamed on either 
an "indirect object" or a "direct object."
 
Gen 19:26, 21:20, 25:27, Exo 8:13, to 
name a few. Gen 19:26 goes like this:
 
vatthi netsib melax
"And she became a pillar of salt." >>

Thank you for acknowledging that an exegetical
analysis of this passage does not deny us the 
possibility of an Earth which "became" void and 
without form.

In a message dated 09/06/2000 11:41:55 AM Mountain 
Daylight Time, brocine AT earthlink.net writes:
<< It is a bit radical to think "the earth *had become* 
tohu and bohu," isn't it?>>

What about Isaiah 45:18?

Did God *create* in *vain*?

Best Regards,
Glen