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  • From: "Jason A. Hare" <language_lover64801 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: RE: TOHUW WA BOHUW, Gen & Jer. (hyth)
  • Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 03:35:48 -0500


Just a small addition. When this argument was raised before (in casual
discussion with some friends), I brought this up:

If Genesis 1.2 had been intended to mean "became," the author would (most
likely) have written - V'ha'aretz hayetah l'tohu vavohu.

In other words, if the author was meaning to specify that the earth
"became" Tohu and Bohu, he would have used the L- preposition. As it is
written, however, it means simply "was."

Is there no merit to this?

Regards,
Jason




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