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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Jonathan Mohler <jonathan.mohler AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>, nir AT ccet.ufrn.br
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31
  • Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:35:44 -0400

The first sentence of Prov. 31:10 says: "Virtuous wife who he-find". Rendering it into presupposed pseudo "correct" English undermines the Hebrew. 

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Jonathan Mohler wrote:

Example: the first yiqtol is modal.  It is properly translated as "can find" not as "finds" or "will find."




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