A Short Account of the Hebrew Tenses - Softcover

Kennett, Robert H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597522821 ISBN 13: 9781597522823

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2005

Synopsis

The present account is an attempt to give an account of the nature and use of the tenses in Hebrew in a form suitable for those who have but recently begun the study of the language. . . . The difficulty in the use of the Hebrew verbs lies solely in the point of view, so absolutely different from our own, from which the Hebrews regarded an action; the time, which with us is the first consideration, as the very word 'tense' shows, being to them a matter of secondary importance. It is, therefore, essential that a student should clearly grasp, not so much the Latin or English forms which may be used in translating each of the Hebrew tenses, but rather the aspect of each action, as it presented itself to a Hebrew's mind. -from the Preface

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About the Author

Robert H. Kennett (1864-1932) was University Lecturer in Aramaic, Regius Professor of Hebrew, and Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge. Among his numerous publications are 'Early Ideals of Righteousness,' 'The Servant of the Lord,' and 'Deuteronomy and the Decalogue.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597522821
• ISBN 13: 9781597522823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112