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Re: [b-hebrew] A Modern Hebrew perspective on reading biblical hebrew (was: A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew)

From: "Noam Eitan" <neitian AT nyc.rr.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A Modern Hebrew perspective on reading biblical hebrew (was: A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew)
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:04:50 -0500

I overlooked the header of the thread. There is nothing "Jewish" about this
perspective. Native (Jewish) English speakers I have discussed this have the
same facility in applying the perfect/imperfect to the text, that native
Israelis have a hard time to digest (here's a grammatically dysfunctional
sentence for you, transferring from Modern Hebrew into English without
adjusting). Noam

[b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, wattswestmaas, 11/25/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Noam Eitan, 11/25/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Peter Kirk, 11/25/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Sameer Yadav, 11/25/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] A Modern Hebrew perspective on reading biblical hebrew (was: A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew), Noam Eitan, 11/25/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] A Modern Hebrew perspective on reading biblical hebrew (was: A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew), Sameer Yadav, 11/25/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] A Modern Hebrew perspective on reading biblical hebrew(was: A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew), Noam Eitan, 11/25/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Yigal Levin, 11/25/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Shoshanna Walker, 11/27/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Dave Washburn, 11/25/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Uri Hurwitz, 11/25/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Rolf Furuli, 11/26/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Uri Hurwitz, 11/26/2004
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- Re: [b-hebrew] A Jewish perspective on reading biblical hebrew, Karl Randolph, 11/26/2004