Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Uri:

Thanks for the humor.

On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com> wrote:

 

     

          Due to   modern translation equipment

the following arrived from XLQYAHW, who lived in the 8th

century BCE in the  vicinity of YRW$LYIM:

 

… 

     Why are all these wise people say that we cannot distinguish between past, present, or future?"

Of course they could distinguish between past, present and future. They just didn’t do so through verbal conjugations. In that they join modern Chinese who also don’t have verbal conjugations, rather use context to indicate tense. 

By the way, since when are verbal conjugations the only way to indicate past, present and future references?

 

                Hopefully someone will reply to XLQIYHW.

 

                Uri Hurwitz

Karl W. Randolph.