To: Bill Ross <wross AT farmerstel.com>, Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Gen 1:1 "When God began to create"?
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:55:38 -0400
Bill Ross wrote:
> I lean toward "with" and because "beginning" has no definite article, so it
> flows better: "with a begininng" instead of "in a beginning".
>
Dear Bill,
As we discussed some months (or years) ago, there is no definite article on
"beginning" because it is in construct. The article does not attach to
constructs.
--
Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary http://earth.vol.com/~lmartin/
RE: Gen 1:1 "When God began to create"?
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