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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."

Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Jonathan Mohler, 09/09/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Isaac Fried, 09/09/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Jonathan Mohler, 09/10/2013
    - Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Isaac Fried, 09/11/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, K Randolph, 09/10/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Jonathan Mohler, 09/10/2013
    - Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, K Randolph, 09/11/2013
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Rolf Furuli, 09/10/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Jonathan Mohler, 09/11/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Rolf Furuli, 09/11/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, Isaac Fried, 09/11/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] verb form - Proverbs 31:10-31, K Randolph, 09/11/2013