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Old 07-26-2002, 07:39 PM   #1
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My turn. (transliterations left to right)

1) What does the Hebrew term POEL mean?

2) What is a Pe-Yod verb?

3) What is an Ayin-Waw verb?

4) What is a Lamed-He verb?

5) How are they all related?

6) Please translate the following phrase into English (following the <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/bhebrew/" target="_blank">B-Hebrew</a> transliterations scheme):

'A+FH MELEK HAM:LFKIYM
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Old 07-27-2002, 03:59 AM   #2
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Come on, people. This should be easy for all the Bible scholars here.
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Old 07-27-2002, 04:51 AM   #3
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It seems very few people here have expertise in Hebrew grammar. I am not surprised.

I have a list of what I was assured are spelling mistakes and crudities in the accepted text of the Bible at
<a href="http://www.bowness.demon.co.uk/spell.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bowness.demon.co.uk/spell.htm</a>

As I can't personally check them, perhaps somebody else might like to.
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<strong>It seems very few people here have expertise in Hebrew grammar. I am not surprised.

I have a list of what I was assured are spelling mistakes and crudities in the accepted text of the Bible at
<a href="http://www.bowness.demon.co.uk/spell.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bowness.demon.co.uk/spell.htm</a>

As I can't personally check them, perhaps somebody else might like to.</strong>
I can't go through them all at the moment for lack of time. The first ones I looked at seem to be correct.

These are something known as Kethib(written)/Qere(read or called out). The scribes considered the written text too sacred to be modified, so they left obvious spelling errors (usually substitutions of similar looking letters - yod/waw) intact (kethib) and wrote what they believe the actual word to be in the margin which would be what they would read to a "congregation" (qere).

I really hope there is someone here who can translate my phrase. It would really flatter me (hint, hint).

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Old 07-27-2002, 05:48 AM   #5
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<strong>These are something known as Kethib(written)/Qere(read or called out). The scribes considered the written text too sacred to be modified, so they left obvious spelling errors ...</strong>
Actually, I believe that the consensus is that much of the Ketib-Qere interchanges reflect vaiants.
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The Kethib/Qere are not just spelling errors. No.
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What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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<strong>What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?</strong>
An African or European swallow?!

Now! Answer my questions, someone!

My turn. (transliterations left to right)

1) What does the Hebrew term POEL mean?

2) What is a Pe-Yod verb?

3) What is an Ayin-Waw verb?

4) What is a Lamed-He verb?

5) How are they all related?

6) Please translate the following phrase into English (following the B-Hebrew transliterations scheme):

'A+FH MELEK HAM:LFKIYM
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Old 07-27-2002, 02:15 PM   #9
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'A+FH MELEK HAM:LFKIYM</strong>
Well, I don't know a word of hebrew. But I'm betting that the first two words there are "Arthur King" .....
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Well, I don't know a word of hebrew. But I'm betting that the first two words there are "Arthur King" .....</strong>
Woohoo!!! Close, but no prize. The first word is definitely not Arthur (think pronoun), but you're hot on the trail!



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