Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, Chavoux Luyt <chavoux AT gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] fred on 2 tenses at the same sentence
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:24:40 -0600
Hello Isaac;
Thanks for your affirmation.
When I quickly scanned this segment of a recent Nir post, the following
process occurred in my mind, in the space of a few seconds.
": 2) isa 65:17:
i guess the choice of present form of "bore" (i create) serves two purposes
related to aspect: "
After reading the line up to the word "present,"
a. I first interpreted the word "present" as "gift;" then I thought "that's
not right."
b. I then interpreted the word "present" as "deliver;" then I thought
"that's not right."
c. I then interpreted the word "present" as "current;"
My mind appeared to be focused on another subject at the moment. But it
appears that ... that is how the process works. ... with english ... and
ancient hebrew. Words need context and usage amidst other words, to gain
existence.
regards,
fred burlingame
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
> Yes!
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> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:48 AM, fred burlingame wrote:
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> It is becoming more and more clear to me that words do not exist in
>
> isolation, but rather only in symbiosis with other words, actually used in
> a
>
> narrative, book, culture, sentence, etc.
>
>
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Re: [b-hebrew] fred on 2 tenses at the same sentence
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