Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 18/08/2005 21:58, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

> On 8/16/05, Peter Kirk wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Thanks for this. I tend to agree with Rubinstein, at least to a first
> > approximation. But in 18:1 Abraham sitting is not QATAL but a participle
> > and so stative. However, 18:7 is a QATAL followed by a participle and
> >    
>
> And thank you for the correction, but is the form in 18:7 really QATAL and 
> not a participle?
>  

Could be either, I agree. But my instinct that it is QATAL is confirmed 
by BDB which lists this as the only example of "perfect" 3ms of this verb.

If it was a participle, it would have to mean that Abraham was already 
running when he spoke to Sarah. Possible I suppose as we read in v.6 
that he hurried into the tent, although this really makes sense only if 
it was a rather large tent with two entrances, which seems improbable.

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Peter Kirk
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