Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>]

On 9/21/07, 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?

I accept that it is in construct now.  Sorry.

Yitzhak Sapir