Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Dear Chris,

>  I am not utterly unaware of this being a noun I did not need a lexicon to
> see that.  Also it is inf. construct.  A noun derived directly from the verb
> and in this sense can ALSO be translated as a VERBAL NOUN which throws up
> other perspectives on how the writer was perceiving his INTENDED NUANCE.
>
> My question was quite clear in that I was simply asking for peoples' ideas
> on how they would translate this section "eyeh etslo amon".  Amon can be
> architect, craftsman, carpenter, OR if the nuance was VERBAL which is for me
> obvious then one can NOT translate it as a NOUN but in the sense of movement
> ie crafting, skillfully supprting sustaining holding together. This idea
> being supported by the context especially since the very subject of the
> chapter is about WISDOM IN ACTION.

HH: The noun here is not an infinitive construct.

                                        Yours,
                                        Harold Holmyard