[Grammar] The Imperfect Verb Tense

[DEdesigns57]

I was reading a paper and the author said that the following sentence:

Gen 1:27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

is equivalent to our English imperfect.

And based on that grammatical principle claimed that the following translation is correct:

"And saying is God, Make WILL WE [a continuing action] humanity in Our image…"
and
"And CREATING [a continuing action] is God humanity in His image" (Gen. 1:26a & 27a Concordant Literal Old Testament),

My question is how did he go about making that claim?
HOW is Gen 1:27 equivalent to "Our English Imperfect"? (what logic did he use?)
How does the Imperfect fit into all this?


Thanks In Advance.

 

[bhaisahab]

I was reading a paper and the author said that the following sentence:

Gen 1:27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

is equivalent to our English imperfect.

And based on that grammatical principle claimed that the following translation is correct:

"And saying is God, Make WILL WE [a continuing action] humanity in Our image…"
and
"And CREATING [a continuing action] is God humanity in His image" (Gen. 1:26a & 27a Concordant Literal Old Testament),

My question is how did he go about making that claim?
HOW is Gen 1:27 equivalent to "Our English Imperfect"? (what logic did he use?)
How does the Imperfect fit into all this?


Thanks In Advance.

How is this: "And saying is God, Make WILL WE [a continuing action] humanity in Our image…" a translation of this: And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them?

 

[5jj]

If this site is the paper you are quoting from, ignore it. It has nothing of any value to offer learners of English. I doubt very much whether it has anything of value to offer Christians.

 

[DEdesigns57]

If we can just ignore the fact that the examples above are biblical and focus on grammatical principals. I ask you how did this man arrive at such a grammatical conclusion using the English Imperfect?

 

[MikeNewYork]

If we can just ignore the fact that the examples above are biblical and focus on grammatical principals. I ask you how did this man arrive at such a grammatical conclusion using the English Imperfect?

The text is incomprehensible.

 

[5jj]

If we can just ignore the fact that the examples above are biblical and focus on grammatical principals. I ask you how did this man arrive at such a grammatical conclusion using the English Imperfect?

You'd have to ask his therapist.