>> Some languages use a dative in situations where others require the
>> accusative, and that's why we translate the literal "become to" as
>> "become" in English.
>
>So, you suggest that Hebrew dative is consistently accusative in English?
>('became a living soul' seems ablative to me)
In case you didn't understand, let me try to be clearer. Hebrew needs
L after "become" for grammatical reasons. (And I'm pretty sure that
you know enough Hebrew to know that.) I did not suggest that Hebrew
dative is consistently accusative; but after "become" it most
certainly is.
Also, what do you think "became for a living soul" means? "He
became. And the reason he did that is to benefit a living soul"?
Surely not.