Post by kwrandolph » Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:53 am
Joseph wrote:Does the numeral בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה (Gen. 18:28, Ex 16:1, Lev 23:34, etc) have an article? If not, how would it be written if it did?
Joseph:
The rule is that the particle prefixes ב and ל can have definite or indefinite meanings depending on their contexts.
In an unpointed text, there’s no difference in writing between the definite and indefinite meanings.
The Masoretes pointed the definite meanings differently from the indefinite meanings. It’s been so long since I last looked at the Masoretic points that I don’t want to put my foot in my mouth by giving the wrong points, so I’ll leave it to others to show how the Masoretes indicated the differences.
All the best, Karl W. Randolph.
[quote="Joseph"]Does the numeral בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה (Gen. 18:28, Ex 16:1, Lev 23:34, etc) have an article? If not, how would it be written if it did?[/quote]
Joseph:
The rule is that the particle prefixes ב and ל can have definite or indefinite meanings depending on their contexts.
In an unpointed text, there’s no difference in writing between the definite and indefinite meanings.
The Masoretes pointed the definite meanings differently from the indefinite meanings. It’s been so long since I last looked at the Masoretic points that I don’t want to put my foot in my mouth by giving the wrong points, so I’ll leave it to others to show how the Masoretes indicated the differences.
All the best, Karl W. Randolph.