The hypothetical response of Israel to the Lord Almighty's question in
Malachi 3:7 is BaMMeh NaSHuB - translated "How shall we return". Is Pieter
Verhoef's (NICOT, p.297) "Why do we have to return?" a fair translation. He
does not make any comment regarding changing the interogative to "why".
Tony Calman
tcalman AT nvision.net.au
Malachi 3:7 "Why? or How?",
Tony Calman, 09/17/1998