Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

At 09:45 PM 8/16/2002 +1000, George Athas wrote:
>Andrew,
>
>The construct and indefinite absolute forms would look identical.
Therefore, we have to find
>grounds other than form to work out which it actually is. I think context
makes it more than
>probable that in Jer 26.1 we have a construct chain.
>
>With Gen 1.1, we have the same problem. The form could be identified as
either a construct or an
>indefinite absolute form. The context, however, is not as easy as JEr 26.1
to work out. Thus, there
>is more debate about Gen 1.1.
>
Just a thought: could the author have puposely used an ambiguous term, br',
which could be read either way, rather than, for instance, (sh  (what's the
transcription here for "sin"?)?



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