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Re: HELP: Relative Clauses with Postpositions

From:Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Friday, February 13, 2004, 11:25
Nik Taylor eskribiw:

> Philippe Caquant wrote: > > So, in one version, they left from East, in another, > > they moved towards East, and in the third one, they > > wandered somewhere in the East (de l'orient / vers > > l'orient / a l'orient). > > As I understand it, those were differences in various ancient
Hebrew
> manuscripts. So, it's not a translation issue, but rather an
issue of
> which manuscript is believed to be the most accurate.
If somebody cares, my Hhumash says: Bereshit 11:2 Vayhi benos'am miqqedem vayyimtze'u biq3a be'eretz shin3ar vayyeishbu sham. Lit.: and-it.was at-their.move from-east and-they.found valley in-land Shin'ar and-they.settled there. -- Yitzik

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Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>