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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • Cc: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 1:26--Connotation of the beth preposition
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:37:51 -0800

On 14/01/2004 14:13, Karl Randolph wrote:

This BDB list is exactly the sort of lexicography to which I object. This is
not giving the meaning of the word, rather it is a list of possible
translations. In other words, entries like this show that BDB is a
translator’s dictionary, not a dictionary for a student who wants to learn to
think in Biblical Hebrew.
...


The problem, as I see it, is that George has misrepresented BDB in his over-enthusiastic abbreviation. The full BDB article is more than three pages of small print, including short paragraphs describing several of the senses.

...

For example, does the B-prefix mean “with”? I can’t think of one time except
in the very narrow context where “with” is used as a sign of instrumentality.
...

BDB also lists examples of B- meaning "with" in the senses of accompaniment and of concomitant conditions, and clearly distinguishes these from instrumentality. If you disagree with BDB on these listed cases, your disagreement is exegetical and not lexicographical.

By the way, Karl and others, you might be interested in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lexicographylist.


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