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  • From: Polycarp66 AT aol.com
  • To: watts-westmaas AT zonnet.nl, b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Verb (haya) 'to be' - help -- Addendum
  • Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 06:20:31 EST

In a message dated 1/3/2003 5:08:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, watts-westmaas AT zonnet.nl writes:

Please could someone tell me the historical and/or grammatical reasons why
the word (haya) 'to be' is written differently in the following:

Exodus 3:12 'I will be with you' - in the future - this is self
explanatory
Exodus4:15 'I will be with you' - also self explanatory

BUT, in Exodus 6:7 'I will be to you God' - In the Past? (hayiti)
and then twice in Hosea 13:14 'I will be thy plagues, I will be thy
destruction' the final letter 'heh' is dropped? from the future tense, and
subsequently a different pronounciation.


I neglected to mention that you should see BDB p. 224a ff on HfYfH and p. 13b on ):eHiY.

gfsomsel


  • Re: Verb (haya) 'to be' - help -- Addendum, Polycarp66, 01/03/2003

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