Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Robert Newman" <rob AT designceramics.co.uk>]

Rolf Furuli wrote:

In order to have a well reasoned opinion of )HYH )$R )HYH Exodus 3:14, one 
should have studied all instances of first person singluar YIQTOLs of HYH 
(there are not too many), and one should be aware of how stativity and 
person can restrict the transltional possibilities of verbs.


Hello Rolf,
Just checking. Are these the correct verses? A total of 43 occurances.


Exo 3:12
Exo 3:14 (x3)
Exo 4:12
Exo 4:15
Deu 31:23
Jos 1:5
Jos 3:7
Jud 6:16
Jud 11:9
Rut 2:13
1 Sa 18:18
1 Sa 23:17
2 Sa 15:34
2 Sa 16:18
2 Sa 16:19
1 Ch 17:13
1 Ch 28:6
Job 3:16
Job 10:19
Job 12:4
Job 17:6
Psa 50:21
Son 1:7
Isa 3:7
Isa 47:7
Jer 11:4
Jer 24:7
Jer 30:22
Jer 31:1
Jer 32:38
Eze 11:20
Eze 14:11
Eze 34:24
Eze 36:28
Eze 37:23
Hos 1:9
Hos 14:6
Zec 2:9 (x2)
Zec 8:8

Warm regards
Robert Newman
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On 29/06/2006 23:34, Karl Randolph wrote:
> Solomon:
>
> The answer is because of how Biblical Hebrew
> differs from modern English. Modern translators
> merely try to approximate the aspectual nature of
> Hebrew with a short, pithy, easily read translation
> in tensual English that can't reproduce the
> fullness of the Hebrew original. If we really
> wanted to give the full meaning of the Hebrew, we
> would need to write a sentence or two for the three
> words in Exodus.
>
>
Writers of Greek and Mishnaic Hebrew had the same problem, and they came
up with "he was, he is, and he will be", in Revelation and in a Midrash.
I don't know if anyone can do any better.

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