Subject:
Re: [b-hebrew] David's article
From:
"K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Date:
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:58:50 -0700
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Harold:
Not only does English use the definite article more sparingly than
does Biblical Hebrew, it uses it more sparingly than even other
Indo-European languages: I am thinking specifically of German.
Therefore it is improper to project English usage back onto Biblical
Hebrew.
This is a case where I think the grammarians are making a mountain out
of a molehill.
Karl W. Randolph.
On 6/19/07, Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net> wrote:
Dear David,
... Of course this is a
much smaller category of usage than the regular definite article, for
there are only a limited number of instances where the usage would be
suitable. But a limited number of occurrences of a usage does not
invalidate a usage.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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