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Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23

From: Noam Eitan <noameitan AT yahoo.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 12:23:29 -0700 (PDT)

> Both in Ex3 and in Ex33 'verb asher verb' has the
> sense of refusal: refusal
> to tell the name and to show the face.
> ehye asher ehye is not the name, but a refusal to
> tell it. Similarly in Ex33

It has that sense in modern Hebrew (slang?) - it's a
curt, impolite, impatient retort; but in Biblical
Hebrew?!

Noam

[b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, tladatsi, 09/08/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, Harold R. Holmyard III, 09/08/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, Vadim Cherny, 09/08/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, Noam Eitan, 09/08/2005
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, Vadim Cherny, 09/10/2005
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, Shoshanna Walker, 09/08/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, Shoshanna Walker, 09/08/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, Noam Eitan, 09/08/2005
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 33:11-23, Vadim Cherny, 09/10/2005