[b-hebrew] to cause to destroy
Isaac Fried
if at math.bu.edu
Fri Jan 11 03:20:35 EST 2008
Kenneth,
One needs to distinguish between the root and the act. The root YB$
expresses the mere idea of bodily 'dryness' or 'solidity'. The problem with
an initial Y is that it may be construed a grammatical addendum. Hence the
hiphil form of this root is HOBI$, where HO = HU) and I = HI) are the actors
in the drama of a body made to assume the state YB$. The actors may be
different persons [namely wind and the fruit] as in Ezekiel 19:12, "The east
wind withered her up", or the same person [namely the vine] as in Joel 1:12,
"The vine has dried up". I see there no meaningful difference between
HA-GEPEN HOBI$-AH and HA-GEPEN YAB$-AH.
Contemporary Hebrew uses GARAM, 'caused', only in case of an indirect or
remote responsibility.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
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From: "kenneth greifer" <greifer at hotmail.com>
To: <b-hebrew at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:26 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] to cause to destroy
>
> I asked if the hiphil form of the verb shin het tav (to destroy) could
> also be used as "to cause to destroy" since hiphil is causative. I think
> there are some verbs that are in hiphil and are used as causatives and as
> regular verbs like the verb spelled yud bet shin in hiphil it means "to
> become dry" and "to make dry." The verb bet yud nun in hiphil it means "to
> understand " and "to cause to understand". The verb yud lamed dalet in
> hiphil is "to cause to beget" and "to beget". I can't really check each
> verb's use in quotes, but I saw these words in a dictionary, so I am
> assuming these definitions are right.
>
> Kenneth Greifer
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