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RE: strings of nouns/adjectives

From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: strings of nouns/adjectives
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:04:45 -0400

>===== Original Message From Andrew & Debby Kulikovsky
<hermeneutics AT kulikovskyonline.net> =====
>> >>I would read it as a construct, with "sherez" meaning "brood"
(offspring):
>> >>"the offspring of living things that are in the water".
>> >
>> >But wouldn't the string be terminated by a definite noun if this were so?
>>
>>Yes, "Hayyah", "living thing".
>
>In my GRAMCORD text, it is parsed as an adjective? Why do you say it is a
>definite noun?

Why not read the first two words as a construct phrase and the last as an
adjectival modifier on the whole thing? You still end up with the suggested
translation above. BTW, why do you think a *definite* noun is needed?

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

strings of nouns/adjectives, Andrew & Debby Kulikovsky, 09/05/2002
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        Re: strings of nouns/adjectives, Andrew & Debby Kulikovsky, 09/05/2002
- RE: strings of nouns/adjectives, Trevor Peterson, 09/05/2002
- RE: strings of nouns/adjectives, Andrew & Debby Kulikovsky, 09/05/2002
- Re: strings of nouns/adjectives, Joe Sprinkle, 09/06/2002