Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>]

In וישלחו (vay$allaxu->vay$allxu) the prefixed ו (va) is a variant of the 
existence marker (substantive)בא  corresponding to the English ‘be’, stating 
that: ‘it happened’ or ‘it came (בא) to pass’. The prefixed י (y) marks the 
universal personal pronoun היא for the performer of the act שלח ($alax), 
while the last ו (u) marks the universal pronoun הוא placed for the fact of 
more than one performer.
Isaac Fried
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <joel AT exc.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 4:52 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] missing object in Gen 37:32 [They did not bring! - They 
had it brought.....! (Laziness in English translations)?]


> >"vay$allaxu: )et-kato:net happassi:m" is perfectly fine.
> > However, "vayy?:vi:)u:" has no object to explain what they brought.  This
> > appears very unusual to me.
>
> Hebrew is one of the languages that can drop both subjects and
> objects.  "They brought it" is most naturally expressed as VAYAVI'U in
> Hebrew.  Exodus 32:3 shows the same pattern with the same verb.
>
> -Joel
>
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> Joel M. Hoffman, PhD
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