Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Barry <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

On 9/24/2013 10:16 PM, Mike Burke wrote:> I'd like to know more about 
how ינאצני is used in Num. 14:11.
>
> I understand it's used as a verb, and the mood is Piel, but is it
> masculine, feminine, or neuter?
>
> And is it singular or plural?
>
> And why does the authorized version translate it into English as 
"provoke"?
> Michael Gerard Burke

There is no neuter grammatical gender in Hebrew. It's a third masculine 
plural. I have no idea why the AV rendered it "provoke."


--
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Semper melius Latine sonat


All opinions in this email are my own, and
reflect no institution with which I may be
associated