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Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 4:7 Halo הלוא

From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 4:7 Halo הלוא
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:37:56 -0800

Richard:

This is an interrogative negative: “Did you not say…” “Is it not true…” “Are
you not able to please?”

Karl W. Randolph.

2010/1/2 Richard <aaa AT endlyss.com>

> What is this construction, the first word in Genesis verse 7 (Genesis 4:7
> Halo הלוא)? According to what I can find out it would mean (hyperliterally)
> "the no". It seems to be a negative but I would like to know more about it
> if it is a Biblical idiom/construction and the possible ways it could be
> translated. In this case, it seems awkward to translate.
>
> Toda rabba!
>
> Richard Conaway
>

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  - Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew planet names, Yigal Levin, 01/02/2010
    - [b-hebrew] Genesis 4:7 Halo הלוא, Richard, 01/02/2010
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 4:7 Halo הלו, dwashbur, 01/02/2010
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 4:7 Halo הלוא, K Randolph, 01/02/2010
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 4:7 Halo הלוא, Pere Porta, 01/03/2010
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 4:7 Halo הלוא, Hedrick Gary, 01/04/2010
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew planet names, dwashbur, 01/02/2010