Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Chris:

That depends on the role of L)MR in a sentence.

If it were a command, it would be "...CWH...L)MR..."

A declaration "...XWH...L)MR..."

An expression "...DBR...L)MR..."

A shout "...C(Q...L)MR..."

A complaining murmer "...RGN...L)MR..."

>From these and other examples, the phrase L)MR is not a 
verb, but the equivelant to the English word "quote" to put 
into words what is commanded, declared, expressed, shouted 
and so forth. An English example would be "As he sank in the 
quicksand, he shouted, quote, Get me out of here!"

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>

> Karl,
> 
> It seems to me that the verb, however, does not mitigate the _direct
> discourse_ presented at the end of 2 Sam 24:1. YHWH, or perhaps more
> precisely the anger of YHWH, "says" (אמר )MR) to David, "Go,
> count ..." That is much more than "allowing."
> 
> Chris

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