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  • From: GregStffrd AT aol.com
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: _)aSHER_ in Ex. 3:14 (was "I AM")
  • Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:29:55 EDT


In a message dated 05/10/2001 10:31:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
dstabno AT lifeway.com writes:

<< In Deut 31:39 God says, _)NY )MYT ... )NY )RP)_ "I put to death ... I
heal." The hearer would not take it as subject-copula-proper name "I am
)MYT ... I am )RP)." Why would the hearer do so with _)NY )HYH_?

(See also Isa 46:4; Jer 49:11; Mal 1:4.)

Dave >>


Because in neither instance do we have )MYT or )RP) used as the personal
subject of a follow-up (contextual) sentence such as 'EHYEH SHELACHANY
'ALAYCHEM (Exodus 3:14). Additionally, the verbs )MYT and )RP) complete a
sensible thought in association with the normal sense of the verbs. If we do
not take 'ANI 'EHYEH as "I am I WILL BE/I AM" (= subject + implied copula +
proper name/predicate) how else might a native speaker sensibly interpret the
passage?

Best regards,

Greg Stafford




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