Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Kelton:

It looks as if Mr.s Arnold & Choi are wrong, they should 
have looked to Harold Holmyard to help them get a 
suitable example.

Amending how I understood the question before, KY 
when it introduces a question, is preceded by an 
interrogative H- prefix.

When it introduces a rhetorical question, the interrogative 
H- is prefixed onto the word directly following the KY.

Without the interrogative H-, KY does not introduce a 
question.

In verses as 2 Kings 18:34 and Isaiah 36:19, KY merely 
introduces a subordinate clause within an already opened 
interrogative sentence. It does not open a new question.

Can you think of any examples that they, Harold and I all 
missed?

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: kgraham0938 AT comcast.net
> 
> 
> Karl:The 2 Kings 18:34 (and its parallel passage in Isaiah
> 36:19) have NCL consistently in the Hiphil in the verses
> both preceding and following the verse in question.
> Further, in these verses, the middle yod for the Hiphil is
> present. Therefore, the hey after the KY in these verses is
> a sign of the Hiphil, not that of the interrogative prefix. The
> KY doesn't introduce an interrogative in these verses, for
> it is already under the interrogative that opens the verse.
> 
> Response:  Yes, I see what you are saying, but I think (if I am 
> reading them correctly) that when KIY is used in this manner, the H 
> particle interrogative is not necessary.  I think they are arguing 
> that the KIY itself sometimes functions to introduce the 
> interrogative clause without the H particle.  So the H here is 
> referring to the hiphil.
> 
> ... The give about 14 different 
> uses of KIY, and this of course is the last use, and these are the 
> only two verses they mention.
> 
> 
> --
> Kelton Graham
> KGRAHAM0938 AT comcast.net

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