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Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13

From: "Gary Hedrick" <garyh AT cjfm.org>
To: "B-Hebrew List" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:08:41 -0500

What I'm curious about, of course, is the fact that he uses past
tense verbs to describe events that are yet in the future. Instead of "When
I see the blood, I will pass over you," as per our English translations, in
the Hebrew it's literally, "When I saw the blood, I passed over you."

Gary

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What is the significance of the past tense verbs in Ex. 12:13
("When I saw the blood, I passed over you")?

Gary Hedrick
San Antonio, Texas USA
garyh AT cjfm.org

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[b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Gary Hedrick, 10/04/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Gary Hedrick, 10/04/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/04/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Harold Holmyard, 10/04/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Shoshanna Walker, 10/05/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, George Athas, 10/05/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/07/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, George Athas, 10/08/2006
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/08/2006
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/09/2006
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Peter Kirk, 10/10/2006
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Past Tense in Ex. 12:13, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/11/2006