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  • From: <pporta AT oham.net>
  • To: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>, "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ecc 12:6: BWR
  • Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 06:18:30 +0200

As regards "to run"... are you sure that it is one of them?
If yes, do you think that:

1. I run 20 miles every week -- is intransitive use
2. I cannot run this program -- is transitive use?


Correct on both. Or another example, "The snake oil salesman was run out of
town."

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Yes, Karl.
From an English viewpoint this is as you write. But from a Hebrew viewpoint
it is wrong.
The Hebrew view of the sentence is:
"The snake oil salesman was caused to run out of the town"
Namely, the Huph'al and not the Niph'al of "run".
I mean: the right word --if we should to translate the sentence into Hebrew-- would not the Niph'al of RWC, but the Huph'al of RWC. Look at B.2 in www.oham.net/out/P-d/P-d083.html
and remark the examples taken from the Bible.
I suggest you to take advice whether the Niph'al of RWC really exists.

Warm greetings!

Pere Porta





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