I think the "causal" thing is there pragmatically, not semantically like in the
translation. The hyperliteral translation would rather be: "I am old from being
for a man." – without the "too".
I believe the use of מן here is that of comparison, i.e., the best literal
translation should actually rather be: "I am older than being for a man."
- Daniel Lundsgaard Skovenborg
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> From: Chris Watts <[email protected]>
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>Subject: [b-hebrew] Ruth 1: 12 too old for a husband
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>The part of verse 12: זקנתי מהיות לאיש concentrating
>on the mem prefix. Looking down my lists of how מן is used I have
>presumed to fit it into the "Causal" category, (from arnold and choi
>ref heb syntax book). Literally translated in idiomatic way: "I am
>too old from being for a husband." It's interesting to see how
>modern hebrew would say this: אני זקן מכדי שאהיה לי
>הבעל they have also that nuance of 'from' followed by the verb
>'being'. It is interesting to note that she does not say :
>זקנתי להיות אישה
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>Chris Watts
>Ireland
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