Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Oun Kwon <kwonbbl AT gmail.com>]

Hi there,

I don't know Hebrew which is greek to me. (Frankly, even Hebrew
transliteration makes me dizzy.) I don't know even how to impose my
own view onto Hebrew. All I can deal with is English glosses or
translations. When someone argues convincing for or against, that's
what I can take. No more, no less. Sometimes I fall into fancy ones.
Then it takes more reading and listening until an alternative becomes
my choice.

Honestly, until I come across someone who takes something differently
(book, web, sermon), I would never know there is something more than
it appears. I would not even think of checking a footnote of NET
buried among myriads of stuff for that manner. When it comes into my
radar, however,  I cannot stop wondering until I'm happy with - which
one makes better sense, be it of consensus or (even) wacky one. Then I
submit to this list to hear about more.

Thank you all for letting me learn like by taking crumbs off the table.

Oun Kwon.

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM, George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au> 
wrote:
>> I see two concepts are simply far apart.
>
> And there, I think, is the problem, Oun. You may see two concepts, but 
> Hebrew does not. And you cannot impose your own view onto Hebrew. Each 
> language has its own system of logic, which we call grammar, syntax, and 
> semantics. You have to accept it for what it is. There is a big difference 
> between learning and imposing.
>
> I've used this example before, but how would you take the word "run" in 
> English? If it means "to move quickly with the feet", then what do you do 
> with phrases like "run a business" or "run a computer"? It's just the 
> semantic range of the word applied in different contexts. It just is! The 
> concepts are very far apart, and yet the one word is used for all of them.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> GEORGE ATHAS