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Re: I AM

From: "uri hurwitz" <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: I AM
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 12:16:24 -0400

Shoshana, what is in modern Hebrew the future, e.g. ehyeh, had a
totally different sense in biblical usage: it was the "imperfect", that is
an action that was not concluded ( as against the "perfect" which refers
to the past. Both of these senses can be further refined as you may have
seen in recent exchanges on this list)
Thus imprecise as it is, the only possible translation of Ehyeh asher
Ehyeh
is: I am/will be whoever I am/will be.
Uri Hurwitz

I AM, JWE, 05/01/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: I AM, David Stabnow, 05/02/2001
- Re: I AM, Shoshanna Walker, 05/02/2001
- Re: I AM, GregStffrd, 05/02/2001
- Re: I AM, Charles David Isbell, 05/02/2001
- Re: I AM, uri hurwitz, 05/02/2001
- Re: I AM, Penner, 05/02/2001
- Fw: I AM, Shoshanna Walker, 05/02/2001
- Re: Fw: I AM, Dave Washburn, 05/02/2001
- Re: I AM, Daniel Wagner, 05/02/2001
- Re: I AM, Karen Spray, 05/02/2001
- RE: I AM, Liz Fried, 05/02/2001
- RE: I AM, Tony Prete, 05/02/2001
- RE: I AM, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 05/02/2001
- RE: I AM, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 05/02/2001
- Re: I AM, JWE, 05/02/2001