[b-hebrew] Isaiah 52:5 hapax legomenon?
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard3 at earthlink.net
Sun May 25 07:42:52 EDT 2008
tladatsi at charter.net wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question in regards to Isaiah 52:5. There is a verb yehēlīlū the hiphil 3rd person plural from the root YLL which is generally translated as "they howled". Most of the time that a verb derived from YLL is used it is in the imperative (You howl!) but at least in Micah 1:8 it occurs in the as the hiphil (first person singular imperfect).
>
> So my question is this: Is the verb yehēlīlū a hapax legomenon since this is the only time it occurs (that I can find any how) in the 3rd person plural? Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
No, it's not a hapax legomenon. It occurs many times. By the way, in the
dead sea scroll 1QIsa it has a different form here:
YHWLLW
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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