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  • From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: hu=hi?
  • Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:49:02 -0400


>===== Original Message From Polycarp66 AT aol.com =====
>but cf. 1 Kg
>14.5 where Jeroboam's wife goes to the prophet. it says
>
>K.iY_HoLeH HW.) "when she comes"

You're dealing with completely different clauses here. The Hebrew you've
transcribed should be translated something like "because he is sick"
(referring to bnah--"her son"). "When she comes" is further on in the
text--kvoah. The independent masc pronoun is written as we expect.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics





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