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  • From: Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>
  • To: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>, "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 18:26 - Y$PW+W
  • Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:35:52 +0200

Shoshanna,

I think you're thinking of the pual imperfect, which (if שפט appeared
in piel) would be ישופטו Y$WP+W. This isn't what's in the text. It's
simply a strange form of the qal imperfect, which I don't think would
be read as a normal qal imperfect consonantally (since even then
having a long vowel marked by a mater lectionis would be odd in that
position).

Regards,
Jason Hare

2009/2/9 Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>:
> Doesn't your suggesting mean "they will judge", and the text mean "They will
> be judged by..."?
>
> Shoshanna




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