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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] $)L "ask" and $)WL "underworld"


> On 9/20/07, Pere Porta wrote:
> > Can the noun $:)WOL, sheol, be considered as an Infinitive  --either
> > construct (1Sa 12:17) or absolute (Gen 43:7)--  of the verb $F)AL, to
> > ask?
> > Is it possible that this noun took origine from the fact that every human
> > being "is asking" what he will find after death?
> > If yes, would it come from the Infinitive construct rather than from the
> > Infinitive absolute? Perhaps this last question makes no sense because
> > both
> > Infinitives are the same thing?
>
> 1 Sam 12:17 is not in construct


What then is L$)WL (1Sam 12:17) if not Infinitive construct?

Pere Porta
Barcelona (Spain)