Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Daniel Wagner" <dan.wagner AT netzero.net>]

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To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Yiqtol + ASHER + Yiqtol


> Interesting here that the KJV (and many others) translate with "future" 
> contextual
> reference:
> 
> (1) Ex 6:1: "...Now shalt thou see  what I will do [tir'eh asher 'eh'seh] to
> Pharaoh..."
> 
> NASB: "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh..."
> 
> (2) Ex 11:7: "But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog 
> move his
> tongue,...that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference [ter'un 
> asher
> yafleh]....
> 
> NIV: "But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any man or animal.  
> Then you
> will know that the LORD makes a distinction..."
> 

I agree that future is the normal expectation for normal contexts which use 
the yiqtol like this, but we don't have a normal context, and there are 
exceptions anyway. But i've never been too concerned about the tense of our 
translation, because i don't think it was the concern of the BH text to 
emphasize tense in any direction at this point. It's not what Yahweh will do 
or who He will be that is of ultimate contextual importance, but rather what 
and mostly *who* He always *is* in regards to His covenant relationship with 
everyone from Abraham to Moses and beyond. 

Dan Wagner



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