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  • From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Lev 21:18 - Passive Participle
  • Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:23:34 -0500

Dear Karl,

> HH: It's believed to be a different word in Hebrew, from a different
> root having to do with what is split, pierced, or slit.

Where's the evidence for such a root? What other words
is that alternate root used in?


HH: Here's the HAL note on it:

II h‡rm: Arb. hÓarama to split, pierce, }ahÓram with a perforated nasal septum; Akk. n.m. HÓurummu (Holma Personennamen 59).
qal: pt. pass. (or adj., BL 471u, w; Sam. {a¦rom) h‡a¦ru®m with a slit nose Lv 21:18: ˜ h‡ƒru®map‰. Ý
hif: pf. heh‡§r–îm: to divide (a part of the sea, cf. Ex 14:16 Driver JTS 32:251, alt. cj. heh‡§r–îb‰): Is 11:15. Ý
Der. II h‡e¦rem, h‡*re¦m, h‡a¦r§ma¦h, h‡ermo®n (?).

HH: So other texts are Isa. 11:15 and Exod 14:16, but Driver's idea in Ex 14:16 seems wrong, where it is the Hiphil of RWM. This root was recognized when BDB was put together; it mentions an Arabic cognate meaning to "perforate, pierce, slit the partition between the nostrils, or the lip, or the lobe of the ear." The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew also recognizes the root, as do translations (NET, HCSB).

Yours,
Harold Holmyard




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