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  • From: "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <joel AT exc.com>
  • To: VadimCherny AT mail.ru
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] prepositions and grammar
  • Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:17:56 -0400 (EDT)

>> Some languages use a dative in situations where others require the
>> accusative, and that's why we translate the literal "become to" as
>> "become" in English.
>
>So, you suggest that Hebrew dative is consistently accusative in English?
>('became a living soul' seems ablative to me)

In case you didn't understand, let me try to be clearer. Hebrew needs
L after "become" for grammatical reasons. (And I'm pretty sure that
you know enough Hebrew to know that.) I did not suggest that Hebrew
dative is consistently accusative; but after "become" it most
certainly is.

Also, what do you think "became for a living soul" means? "He
became. And the reason he did that is to benefit a living soul"?
Surely not.

-Joel Hoffman
http://www.exc.com/JoelHoffman






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