Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

Karl,

On 10 Nov 2007 at 5:35, K Randolph wrote:

> > > Here I think you overemphasize the importance of the definite article. 
> > > I think its position here is more to fulfill the expectations of 
> > > grammar than to change meaning.
> >
> > Not sure I follow.  Could you elaborate a little?
> >
> If you remember, we had a discussion on this in June of this year,
> detailing many places where Biblical Hebrew takes the definite article
> where English takes an indefinite article. In that place it started
> with the use of the definite article in Isaiah 7:14. Other verses were
> mentioned as well.

I do remember that discussion.  I just wasn't sure what you meant by "more to 
fulfill the 
expectations of grammar than to change meaning."  Are you speaking strictly 
of Hebrew, or 
of the rendering into English?  I was hoping you'd expand a little on the 
part about 
"expectations of grammar."  I don't remember that much about the June 
discussion, and 
since I have a day of scuba diving planned, I don't have time to look it up 
;-)

Dave Washburn
As a French hippie might say, "Je ne creuse pas!"