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The verbs are first person common qal imperfects of the verb ‘to be,’ connoting continuing, unfinished action: ‘I am being that I am being,’ or ‘I am the Is-ing One,’ that is, ‘the One Who Always Is.’
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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The verbs are first person common qal imperfects of the verb ‘to be,’ connoting continuing, unfinished action: ‘I am being that I am being,’ or ‘I am the Is-ing One,’ that is, ‘the One Who Always Is.’
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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His arguments is of a type commonly employed by the Jewish teachers of the time, and was called by them an argument qal wahomer - "from the light to the weighty."
Our Man In Heaven: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews 1973
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So he sends forth the dove, and when she returns with an olive leaf, he knows they were abated (qal).
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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J is said to use qal ( "be light") 8: 8, 11 but P, shubh ( "return") 8: 3 and chaser ( "fail") 8: 5.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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On the other hand, Jehveh may be an imperfect qal from a grammatical point of view, and the traditional exegesis of Ex., iii, 6-16, seems to necessitate the form Jahveh.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Here we are confronted with the question, whether Jahveh is the imperfect hiphil or the imperfect qal.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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First, He uses the first person imperfect of the Hebrew verb "to be"; here the Vulgate, the Septuagint, Aquila, Theodotion, and the Arabic version suppose that God uses the imperfect qal; only the Targums of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Classical exegesis, therefore, regards Jahveh as the imperfect qal of the Hebrew verb "to be".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The word _kal_ (_qal_), in Kiche means a score and also specifically 20 grains of cacao; _bak_ in Cakchiquel means a corn-cob, and as a verb to shell an ear of corn, but I am not clear of any connection between this and the numeral.
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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