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RE: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?

From: Randall Buth <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
To: "Bill Ross" <wross AT farmerstel.com>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:39:16 -0400

For Bill and John,

re: Gn 15.6
<John>
>>The non-consecutive vav is on a perfect verbal form.<

How does a biblical Hebrew user see that? Looks more like a standard
European translation than Hebrew.
vehe'emin is just good ol' vav ha-hippux plus prefix, just like 1 Sam
1.3,
Ruth 3.9, Ju 13.2 and a host of places.

Now it is true that the use of an imperfective event in a narative has
interesting
discourse implications. However, that does not remove it out of the future-
/imperfective-/modal category.

ON 'he', it would appear to be the Lord, not Avram.

shabbat shalom

Randall Buth

Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?, Bill Ross, 10/13/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?, Tony Prete, 10/14/2001
- Re: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?, Ben Crick, 10/14/2001
- RE: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?, Paul Zellmer, 10/14/2001
- FW: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?, Bill Ross, 10/15/2001
- RE: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?, Bill Ross, 10/17/2001
- RE: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?, Randall Buth, 10/19/2001
- RE: Who is the second "he" in Genesis 15:6?, Bill Ross, 10/19/2001