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  • From: Sameer Yadav <sameer_yadav2 AT yahoo.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 15:17:11 -0800 (PST)

Thanks for the clarification. I think the same point
still applies, though. An intuitive ease in
translating the conjugations only suggests a
sidestepping of the real descriptive problems in favor
of whatever feels contextually appropriate, which is
often vague and person-relative.

- Sameer

--- Noam Eitan <neitian AT nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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