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  • From: Chris Watts <dekruidnootjes AT eircom.net>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Ruth 1: 12 too old for a husband
  • Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:28:23 +0100

The part of verse 12: זקנתי מהיות לאיש concentrating on the mem prefix. Looking down my lists of how מן is used I have presumed to fit it into the "Causal" category, (from arnold and choi ref heb syntax book). Literally translated in idiomatic way: "I am too old from being for a husband." It's interesting to see how modern hebrew would say this: אני זקן מכדי שאהיה לי הבעל they have also that nuance of 'from' followed by the verb 'being'. It is interesting to note that she does not say : זקנתי להיות אישה



Chris Watts
Ireland







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