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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>
  • Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] past tense or present tense?
  • Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:23:50 -0700

Mike:

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com> wrote:
Would מבדיל be in the past tense or the present tense?

Neither. Biblical Hebrew doesn’t have tenses.

Would it mean "separate," or "separated"?

In Genesis 1 it is a noun, meaning separator, because it separates between two objects.
 
Michael Gerard Burke


Karl W. Randolph.




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