THE INFINITIVE REFERS TO ONGOING ACTIVITY |
EXAMPLE Ex08-11a: PHAROH always hardened his heart
EXAMPLE Ex36-07b: There were LEFT OVERS for many many activities
BACKGROUND
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Hebrew is made of 3-letter verbs each of which can be
conjugated in various forms. Normally the conjugations are
distinct. Thus the FUTURE CONJUGATION refers to the future,
the PAST CONJUGATION refers to the past while the PRESENT
conjugation refers to the PRESENT.
In advanced Hebrew,CONJUGATIONS can have multiple functions
THE REFERENCE
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http://www.Rashiyomi.com/inf-3.htm shows about a dozen
cases where the infinitive refers to ONGOING ACTIVITY
To fully illustrate this we used the Grammatical Form
Konkordance of Al Silberman, Form 772(20).
THE VERSE
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Zach03-04 Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes. So the angel
said remove these closes and I WILL dress him with good
clothes.
THE POINT
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The verse does not literally say, as translated, I WILL
dress him. Rather it uses the infinitive: TO DRESS HIM.
There are 2 points to make
--- The infinitive here is TRANSLATED AS THE FUTURE:
I WILL DRESS HIM
--- The infinitive vs the future refers to ONGOING activity
That is not only will Joshua be given GOOD CLOTHES this
time, but he will continually be given good clothes (he
will have a change of life)
THE LIST
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The list below provides several other verses where
- the infinitive is translated as the Future
- the infinitive vs the future indicates an ONGOING activity
to be continued. The last column documents this nuance
|
VERSE |
TEXT OF VERSE(Infinitive CAP) |
NUANCE OF INFINITIVE |
Ex08-11a |
Pharoh WILL HARDEN his heart |
Not once;but always |
2K03-24 |
They STRUCK Moav |
Not 1 strike; but many |
1K20-37 |
He HIT him with cuts |
Not 1 Strike; but many |
Ex36-07b |
The production HAD EXTRAS |
Extras for many ocasions |
Zac03-04 |
I-ll DRESS him in good clothes |
Continuously give to him |
Jr26-05 |
Ill SEND prophets to you |
Not 1 time; but often |