Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>]

> > 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?!
>

On the other hand, is there an analogy in Biblical or Modern Hebrew to the
odd "verb asher verb" name form? Why didn't Moses tell the name to the
people, if he was told it specifically for that purpose? Why the same
construct is employed in Ex33 also in the sense of refusal?

Vadim Cherny