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Re: Questions about Genesis 2:3

From: "Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT cox.net>
To: "frater three" <fraterthree AT lycos.com>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Questions about Genesis 2:3
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:43:49 -0500

Fernando,
The form to which you refer does not have a suffix at all. The prefixed
Lamed is merely a preposition marking a following Infinitive Construct form.
The infinitive ending -OT is regular for verbs that end with the letter HE.
This is merely a Qal If C from `-s-h: "to do, make, create." If this
infinitive were to add a suffix, it would be at the end of the present form.
"To create him" would be la`asset, "to create her," la`Aston, etc.
Hope this helps.
Charles

Questions about Genesis 2:3, frater three, 07/08/2002
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- RE: Questions about Genesis 2:3, Trevor Peterson, 07/09/2002
- Re: Questions about Genesis 2:3, Charles David Isbell, 07/09/2002