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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Zech 13:5
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:23:38 +0100

On 22/06/2005 12:53, George F Somsel wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:12:12 +0200 "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
writes:

The verb QNH often means "to make" or "to create" (cf. Gen. 14:22). Might it
not mean, "I am no prophet, for I was made a man from my youth", or "for
[God] created me a man from youth".

Yigal

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What would that mean? It would seem that KiY is a causal particle. Is
see no connection between "I am a farmer" and "for God created me a man
from my youth."


Coul 'adam be used here in the sense of "common person", as (according to many) in Psalm 49:3, 62:10? In this case the speaker could be claiming that he is a common peasant who never had the chance to become someone special like a prophet.

But this still doesn't explain the hiphil of QNH, otherwise unattested. I did wonder if this could be a denominative from QNH = cane, so meaning that "a man had me beaten with canes", leading into verse 6.

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