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Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 90:8 (alumenu

From: "gfsomsel AT juno.com" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
To: lehmann AT uni-mainz.de
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 90:8 (alumenu
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:10:24 GMT

On 9/24/04 Reihardt Lehmann wrote:

>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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I would suggest that you check Waltke & O'Conner _An Introduction to Biblical
Hebrew Syntax_ 22.6 where they deal with the Qal passive. BTW: a
participle can function as an adjective, but here it is used in the sense
"our concealed things."

george
gfsomsel

[b-hebrew] Ps 90:8 (alumenu, lehmann, 09/24/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 90:8 (alumenu, Harold R. Holmyard III, 09/24/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 90:8 (alumenu, Karl Randolph, 09/24/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 90:8 (alumenu, gfsomsel AT juno.com, 09/25/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ps 90:8 (alumenu, Maurice A. O'Sullivan, 09/26/2004