Author Archives: Richard C. McDonald
Jeremiah 10:11b
Ruth 1:13b
For more information on the negative particle לְבִלְתִּי see Gesenius §114s. Also, see BDB pg. 116b.
The verb עגן in Ruth 1:13b
In the video on Ruth 1:13b we came across the verb תֵּעָגֵ֫נָה (Niph’al Imperfect 2fp עגן). In the video I briefly talked about what likely happened to the third root nun. Many of the grammars that are available to you do not address this word, with the exception of Joüon-Muraoka. Therefore, anything said here .Continue reading “The verb עגן in Ruth 1:13b”
Jeremiah video
The video for Jeremiah 10:11a should be available now. My apologies if you were not able to view it. Also, my plan is to continue to post videos for Ruth 1 while posting videos for Biblical Aramaic. Thank you for bearing with my snail’s pace! Richard
Jeremiah 10:11a
In this video we begin to look at the Biblical Aramaic portions of the OT. We begin with the smallest portion: Jeremiah 10:11.
Ruth 1:13a
Ruth 1:12f
For more on the missing dagesh lene, see Gesenius §21.
The Definite Article in Ruth 1:12e
In my video on Ruth 1:12e we saw that לַיְלָה had the definite article. We translated הַלַּיְלָה as “tonight” or “this night.” In this post I wanted to briefly describe this particular use of the definite article. The definite article in biblical Hebrew has two uses: Particular and Generic. The Particular use of the definiteContinue reading “The Definite Article in Ruth 1:12e”
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