To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Holek + infinitive
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:25:47 +0200
Bryan Rocine wrote:
> holek(or `omed or qarob)-lamed-infinitive is not BH. it is Modern.
i'm
> not saying the construction can't be found with a computer search.
i'm
> saying that in BH, 'ani holek ledaber does not mean "i am about to
speak";
> it means "i am going (someplace) in order to speak."
What about Gen 25:32? 'anoki holek lamuth (found with a human mind
search). Where was Esau going to go to die? Or did he need lessons in
proper BH?