Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Hi,

2009/9/23 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

> James:
> My understanding of the verb היה is that it has much the meaning of
> “become”. So verse three most literally could be translated as “And God
> said, “Light, become!” and light became.” Awful English, but it gets the
> idea across.
>
>
Yeah I thought about this. But that then suggests that 'Light' is used in a
vocative sense as if light was being commanded to become. I'm not sure that
the Hebrew allows for such a vocative sense.

James Christian


> How best to render this idea into English is a translation question, not
> necessarily Hebrew.
>
>



> What I remember from history is that Wycliffe translated from the Vulgate,
> while Tyndale directly from Hebrew.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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