Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Reinhard:

Look at the context. In this verse it is being used as a substantive, like a 
noun. It is referring to the unknown things, the things that we want to keep 
hidden and unknown from others. The Qal passive participle fulfills this roll.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: lehmann <lehmann AT uni-mainz.de>

> Dear colleages,
> 
> can anyone explain me the traditional parsing of (alumenu Ps 90:8 as a
> Qal passive participle? The verb does not have any Qal forms
> at all, and, in my opinion, it seems to be much easier to explain it as
> an adjective
> like (acum "strong" or (arûm "clever".
> 
> Reinhard G. Lehmann, Mainz
> 
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