tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post106632311946476233..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: King David's Fallen Succahjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-42946138875175173632008-12-16T09:47:00.000-05:002008-12-16T09:47:00.000-05:00a ok..so it's not a distinct morphological form, b...a ok..<BR/>so it's not a distinct morphological form, but just different "meanings" (nuances) that the participle can take.<BR/>thanks a lot<BR/>menachem<BR/>P.S. very interesting blog man! keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-49048311963715099252008-12-15T14:37:00.000-05:002008-12-15T14:37:00.000-05:00the dvar Torah I led off with was incorrect, and t...the dvar Torah I led off with was incorrect, and the rest of the post was dedicated towards providing a truer distinction. So I can't help you with this, since I agree that it cannot be regarded as such in this pasuk.<BR/><BR/>In the general case, as Ibn Ezra will point out, there is no such thing as the present tense in Hebrew. Rather, it is one item which functions as the noun (shomer) and the *neutral* tense verb. The tense of that neutral tense verb often becomes the tense set by the context, so it *could* in certain cases be past, present, or future.<BR/><BR/>KT,<BR/>Joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-38225474001109077942008-12-15T13:16:00.000-05:002008-12-15T13:16:00.000-05:00i'm a student i can't see how hanofalet could be r...i'm a student i can't see how hanofalet could be regarded as past tense from a grammatical point of view.. can u help me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-82984856263648311822007-09-24T17:46:00.000-04:002007-09-24T17:46:00.000-04:00here I was being serious.here I was being serious.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-57871499439020437622007-09-24T17:33:00.000-04:002007-09-24T17:33:00.000-04:00"This view presupposes that true prophecy does not..."This view presupposes that true prophecy does not exist and works backwards from there, a very unscientific approach in my view."<BR/><BR/>I can't tell if you're joking?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com