Biblical Hebrew Forum

[kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

I asked about Malachi 2:4 "I sent to you this commandment to be My covenant 
with Levi" or "for the being of My covenant with Levi", but I guess I could 
have looked up the verb myself.
 
 In 2 Kings 15:19, I think it says  a king paid another king "to be his hands 
with him..." or maybe "for the being of his hands with him."
 
 1 Kings 8:16 says G-d did not choose to build a house "to be His name there" 
or "for the being of His name there."
 
 Isaiah 10:2 "...to be widows their prey (their spoil)" sounds better as 
"...for the being of widows their prey (their spoil)". 
 
 I guess in these examples, the verb is used as "for being of" and not "to 
be".  WHo  knows for sure though. 
 
Kenneth Greifer