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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Tetragrammaton; aia; is there a name in Ex3:14?
  • Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:59:10 +0100

On 03/08/2005 15:23, Shoshanna Walker wrote:

I know I will be sorry for this - but how do you "experts" rationalize that "Ehyeh" is "I am" and not "I will be"?


"I will be" is modern Hebrew. But it has long been known that in biblical Hebrew this "imperfect" or prefix form is often used in past and present contexts, and that the main element distinguishing it from the "perfect" or suffix form is that the action is continuing or repetitive, like the Russian imperfective aspect.

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