To: "Brak" <Brak AT neo.rr.com>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Taw added to Verbs
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 07:21:44 +0200
What is the reason behind the text using this prefix? Why not just )MR ?
What the significance in saying "And she said, the woman, ....." instead
of just "And said the woman"?
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John,
every language is built on its own way, every human language has its own
path...
Hebrew uses prefix T- when referring either to
--you (male)
--she (female)
So, to show that "the woman will say" we have "TOMAR" (see Mal 1:4).
And to show that "you, a male, will say" we have the same: "TOMAR" (Gn
14:23)
This is quite simple, isn't it?
I think making this kind of comparisons between languages is something that
rather casts a dark light on things.
Why in English we say "I sing" and "you sing" while in Spanish they say "yo
canto" and "tu cantas"? Why not "yo canto", "tu canto"...?