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  • From: "Tony Starks" <data7201 AT aol.com>
  • To: b-hebrew
  • Subject: WHICH LEXICON???
  • Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:59:36


Greetings to all B-Hebrew list members,

I'm interested in selecting a comprehensive Lexicon, but having a hard time
with my choice. I thought that "Brown, Driver, and Briggs.--- The New
Hebrew and English Lexcion" would be a great pick. But later, I find out
that it is archaic and outdated. Then, I decided on " Koehler, Ludwig,and
Baumgartner--The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament." But
again, discovered this information in the book " From Exegesis to
Exposition --A Practical Guide to Using Biblical Hebrew"pg.15 par.5:
"On the other hand, one can detect an occasional deficiency in K-
B's definitions and handling of semantic categories. For example, the entry
on ( ) "spirit of the dead" (p.20), fails to recognize that the term can
have three distinct senses or that it refers to a ritual pit in 1Samuel
28:7 (see TDOT, 1:133). The glosses 'rebuke, threat" are not strong enough
for the noun hrfg in theophanic contexts where it refers to Yahweh's loud
shout or battle cry ( see TDOT, 3:49-53 ). The entries for "Father", and
"Love", do not adequately reflect the covenantal nuances these terms often
possess.(Isa. 9:5, placed by K-B under Category 7, should appear under
category 3 or 4. See pp.1-2.) The discussion of (dsH,hesed pp.336-37) needs
to be revised in light of K. Sakenfeld's and Gordon Clark's research of the
term"........ie.

Now, my question is:
Is this just the author's opinion of the Lexicon, or is this the consensus
of most scholars? Is this a good lexicon to use? Do you recommend other
Hebrew lexicons
I can use? Thanks for your advice in advance.
Tony Stark :-)




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