[b-hebrew] 1 Samuel 1:26 HaNiTSeVeT????
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Tue Oct 24 14:31:21 EDT 2006
Chris and Nel wrote:
> I am totally stuck on understanding this form in 1 Sam 1:26 where Hannah
> says that she was the "one who was standing". (HaNiTSeVeT) Looking up in the
> lexicon I see that it is a 'Niphal' and a participle - but that actually
> confuses the issue because it resembles the alternative fem sing part in Qal
> for example MSHeLeT. BDB on the web is about as useful as an ashtray on a
> motorbike!!! -- if there were more occurences of this form that might have
> helped, but evan shoshan shows that this is the only one. Is it a noun
> clause tied up in one word???? And I do not understand the doubling of the
> second root letter?? This word has me really tied up in knots as to how it
> became pointed with two seghols instead of the expected -- HaNiTSaVaH!! (I
> like things predictable)
HH: The form in 1 Sam 1:26 is a standard one for
the feminine participle, though the one you give
is also found. See GKC #94:d, h.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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