Yes, this is the Qal Participle (plural masculine) preceded by the article. In Gn 18:11 we find the same form without article.
So in Ex 1:1 we get; "the (males) who come", "the (males) coming" Regards from Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) 2011/3/2 <[email protected]> > > > On 2 Mar 2011 at 16:20, Sébastien Louis wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > could someone explain how the terme is > > constructed and on what it is based? The sentence is (Ex 1, 1): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess it comes from the article "ha" and the verb "ba" (to come) > > and means "coming" or "who came". If so, what kind of construction > > is this? And why is there noun plural (-im) on a verb? > > > > Sorry for these questions that might sound stupid to most of you, > > but I'm a beginner... > > > > Thanks a lot to all, > > > > Sébastien Louis > > Belgium > > Don't worry, nobody is born knowing this stuff, we all had to learn it from > the beginning at > some point. > > The word is a participle. You are correct that it comes from BW). The > form is a masculine > plural participle, a form that in this case "nouns" the verb. That's why > it can take the definite > article H at the front, and the YM ending is the masculine plural. Your > rendering is correct: > "these are the names of the sons of Israel, the ones who came to Egypt..." > In English we > make it into a noun with a subordinate clause, "the ones who," whereas > biblical Hebrew just > uses a participle with the appropriate noun affixes. > > Hope this helps, > > Dave Washburn > > http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > -- Pere Porta _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
