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  • From: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • To: "B Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: bereshit and mereshit.
  • Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:12:21 -0500


No, I goofed. SVO should be read in the pluperfect.
VSO is the ordinary narrative tense.
Liz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Polycarp66 AT aol.com [mailto:Polycarp66 AT aol.com]
> Sent: Mon, March 18, 2002 8:07 AM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: bereshit and mereshit.
>
>
> In a message dated 3/18/2002 7:18:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> moon AT sogang.ac.kr writes:
>
> > I accept Rashi's opinion primarily because once
> > taking Hebrew from Dan Fleming in grad school at NYU,
> > I mis-translated something and was very embarrassed.
> > In fact it was this very thing, that a VSO clause should be
> > a pluperfect, that it does not move the narrative along.
>
> DO you mean SVO?
> ____________
>
> If I understand Liz correctly she means VSO as she stated -
>
> BfRf) [V]
> ):eLoHiYM [S]
> )"T Ha$.fMaYiM W:)"T Hf)fReC [O]
>
> She will ultimately need to answer for herself, but this is my
> understanding.
>
> GfSomsel
>
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