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: "Alexander Oldernes" <alexander AT oldernes.no>
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: [b-hebrew] Num 17:27
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: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:24:53 +0200
In Num 17:27 the word "gawa`nu" is used to describe an action that still had
not taken place. The verb has the 'perfect' aspect.
Here is how it's translated:
ASV: "we perish"
KJV: "we die"
NKJ: "surely we die"
NIV: "we will die"
In Num 20:3 the same word is translated into "had died" in all these
translations.
Would it be better to translate "gawa`nu" in Num 17:27b as:
"We are as good as dead!".
Would it be more close to the original understanding?
Alexander Oldernes
Norway
[b-hebrew] Num 17:27
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Alexander Oldernes, 07/06/2006
Re: [b-hebrew] Num 17:27 (17:12 English)
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Harold Holmyard, 07/06/2006
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