Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>]

PS - The reason for the greatly differing translations of the first chapter
of Genesis is clearly lack of clarity of what the words mean, metaphorical
concepts (like deep sea), the meaning of which is lost on many or all modern
scholars, and terms like the two words for formless void that do not
translate into English.   One has to come up with approximate English
concepts.


By the way, I don't know what you're talking about with the pausal form -
did someone offer an actual answer to your question that I missed?

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: Friday, June 04, 2004 3:44 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] gen 1:2


> Dear All,
>
> I appreciate reading the views on this word,  but can anyone tell me why
it
> is pointed in a manner that is inconsistent with practically all
participle
> conjugations.  ie, the two 'segols'.
>
> I'll try not to get caught out on any more pausal forms.
>
> chris
>
>
>
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