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  • From: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: villandra AT austin.rr.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen 1:2
  • Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 21:17:52 -0400

Actually, one would not translate this as "she did hover" or "she
hovered" since it is a piel f.s. part. Because RW.aX is a feminine noun
with the participle in agreement with it, it would be "wind . . .
hovering."

gfsomsel
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:05:30 -0500 "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
writes:
> According to one of my Hebrew texts, it means hovering, as in what a
> bird
> does over a nest.
>
> It says, "the root of this verb is [rosh chet pey]", meaning "hover
> over"
> such as a bird does over the nest. The leter Tet indicates thius
> verb is
> feminine singular (she) perfect tense. The letter "s" is a type of
> verb
> conjugation to be discussed later. (this always helps) This verb
> can
> literally be translated as "she did hover". The "She" of this word
> is the
> ruach, which is a feminine word. While most consider teh "Spriit"
> is a
> "he", Biblically, it is a "she".
>
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
> villandra AT austin.rr.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wattswestmaas" <wattswestmaas AT eircom.net>
> To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:59 PM
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Gen 1:2
>
>
> >
> > Can anyone tell me please why -- M'RaCHeFeT is so pointed (ie
> with two
> > segols) and presumably it's Feminine, a participle, (I only know
> that it's
> > Piel from Shoshan)? but its very lack of consistency in English
> translation
> > suggests an unusual wording for whatever the Spirit of God was
> supposed to
> > be doing.
> >
> > Thanking you richly - Chris.
> >
> >
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