Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>]

Noam,
Can you give us some examples, other than the common "dying you shall die"
(Gen 2:16) type?

Sincerely,
-Steve Miller
Detroit
www.voiceInWilderness.info
Thou hast seen it; for their mischief
and spite Thou wilt repay:
The wretch commits himself to Thee.
Thou art the orphan's stay. (Ps10:14)

-----Original Message-----

There are so many instances in the HB where the infinitive absolute is used
where we would use today a finite verb, and we read the meaning from the
context. Can a specific reason be found for every time the infinitive
absolute is used (used in a way that looks awkward to us today), or was BH
generous in dispensing the infinitive absolute? I just find it difficult to
search for a special reason for the infinitive absolute where it crops up so
often in what looks like "the wrong place" to us today.

Noam Eitan, 
Brooklyn, NY