On 29/06/2006 15:33, Awohili AT aol.com wrote:
...
In the book, _201 Hebrew Verbs_ Abraham S. Halkin lists ehyeh as the
future
aspect of the kal of HYH. ...
Is this a book of MODERN Hebrew? Of course in modern Hebrew the
"imperfect" or YIQTOL form is a future tense, and so the meaning is
uncontestably "I will be". But in biblical Hebrew, at least as
understood by most scholars, this verb form indicates not so much a
tense as the imperfective or continuous aspect, meaning in the context
something like "I was and I am and I always will be", or, in simpler
English, "I am".
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Peter Kirk
E-mail: peter AT qaya.org
Blog: http://speakertruth.blogspot.com/
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