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  • From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: The Natural Approach toTeaching BH, Randy
  • Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:59:01 -0400


>===== Original Message From "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu> =====
>> But what will you say to them? :-)
>I'm glad you asked that!
>Today, for example, I said, "why does naso' et ro'$"
>mean "count heads"? It doesn't always mean that,
>why is it used that way here??? Grr.
>That's what I said, just this morning in fact!
> I speak in English tho, that's probably why they never answer.

Which is, of course, exactly my point. If you're going to speak with these
texts at all, and if their answers never change, maybe you'll need to be the
one to cross the cultural divide and learn to speak their language.

Or maybe another way to put it is, if you're satisfied with talking to
English
translations, you may ask your questions in English--if not, maybe you'll
need
to speak BH :-)

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics





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