Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Polycarp66 AT aol.com]

In a message dated 10/2/2002 4:01:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, brocine AT earthlink.net writes:


> Zach Cullen, a seventh grader in my school, runs a weekly
> trivia contest for fellow students, but he has written a
> question for which we may have to resort to the HEBREW of 1
> Sam 2:21--ki paqad yhvh 'et xanna vattahar vatteled shloshah
> banim ushtey banot--to get a correct answer: How many
> children did Hannah have?
>
> Zach would love to hear from you scholars on the issue (It
> would be very exciting for him to know where you are writing
> from or where you may teach).  Thanks from us both.


I understand KiY as introducing an explication of what precedes.  Thus I would understand it to mean that she subsequently had 3 sons and 2 daughters bringing the total to 6.  

gfsomsel