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Re: [b-hebrew] Ehyeh and Tetragrammaton

From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl AT gmail.com>
To: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ehyeh and Tetragrammaton
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:29:59 -0500

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Ed,
>
> Just to clarify the issue: Ehyeh is 1st pers. imperfect
> of the root HYH, which is the regular root of 'to be'
> in Hebrew.
>

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I like to refresh my memory:

Is Hebrew same as English to have one verb meaning two different ways
- 'to be present, to exist' (existential be) and a copula (as A = B)?

Oun Kwon.

>

[b-hebrew] Ehyeh and Tetragrammaton, Uri Hurwitz, 12/22/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ehyeh and Tetragrammaton, Oun Kwon, 12/22/2011