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RE: Questions about Genesis 2:3

From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Questions about Genesis 2:3
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:41:16 -0400

>===== Original Message From frater three <fraterthree AT lycos.com> =====
>Dear members,
>I understand the last word of Genesis 2:3 has as its root the verb "asah",
but I don't understand why that root takes the letter Lamed as a prefix and
letters Vav and Tav as its suffix. Vav and Tav form a feminine suffix, but
why
does the root take
>a feminine suffix?

It's not a feminine suffix. This is the infinitive construct form. The lamed
functions pretty much like "to" in English infinitives, and the rest is the
infinitive form itself.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

Questions about Genesis 2:3, frater three, 07/08/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Questions about Genesis 2:3, Trevor Peterson, 07/09/2002
- Re: Questions about Genesis 2:3, Charles David Isbell, 07/09/2002