Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>]

Karl,

So are you suggesting that in a construction with SWT ... L)MR +  
imperative ..., the speaker who is the subject of the verb SWT  
doesn't really want the addressee to do what is specified in the  
imperative mood? I have a hard time seeing that, but I've hardly done  
an exhaustive study of SWT in other passages.

Chris

On Aug 4, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Karl Randolph wrote:

> 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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