Dear Pere, My statistics of the participles in the Tanakh:
Of 5,315 active participles, the references are as follows: past: 1,730; present 2,633, future 657; present completed*: 212; modal: 74. Of 1,100 passive participles, the references are as follows: past: 364; present 263, future 97; present completed 299; modal: 77. *present completed can be compared to English perfect. Best regards, Rolf Furuli Stavern Norway Torsdag 26. September 2013 10:03 CEST skrev Pere Porta <[email protected]>: > Yes, Karl. > But the Participle referring to present or to past is by far the most usual. > > Friendly, > > Pere Porta > > 2013/9/26 K Randolph <[email protected]>: > > Pere: > > > > The participle is also used for the future, examples include Genesis 17:19, > > 19:13, Deuteronomy 3:21, 4:14, 30:18, 2 Kings 22:16, Isaiah 5:5, Jeremiah > > 38:22–3, 2 Chronicles 18:24. > > > > Karl W. Randolph. > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Pere Porta <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> These two verbs are in Participle. > >> Depending on context, Hebrew Participle refers to past or to present. > >> That's why some translate them as pasts and some translate them as > >> present. > >> > >> Greetings > >> > >> Pere Porta > > > > -- Pere Porta > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
