Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Chemorion,

I wrote:

HH: The woman does not have to be already pregnant. The adjective 
"pregnant" (HRH) is part of a verbless
clause. That clause is parallel with another clause with a verb, 
which is imperfect and probably means "will give birth" (WYLDT). 
Therefore, many translate that the young woman/virgin "will become 
pregnant and will give birth." One supplies a verb for the verbless 
clause that matches the verb of the verbal clause.

I should not have said that WYLDT was imperfect. It is a participle.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard