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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 14:4
  • Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:31:53 +0200

Dear Karl,

The only word in the verse that is a hapax in Hebrew is the last - madhebah. Indeed, "dahab" is "gold" in Aramaic (cognate of Hebrew "zahab"), and even KJV translates it as "the golden city" - I would imagine following older traditions, but I have not checked. The translation makes sense in context, but so do other possible interpretations.

Yigal

----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:18 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 14:4


Dear B-Hebrew haburim:

While reading through Isaiah 14, I question if the
last five words in verse 4 are Aramaic? Do they
make sense as Aramaic?

The dictionaries I consulted carry only those
Aramaic terms that are found in the recognized
Aramaic sections of Tanakh. Four of the terms are
not found in those sections. The last term is
happax legomenon in Hebrew where neither the
context nor a possible root are a clear help to
decipher a possible meaning. However in Aramaic it
looks as if it means "gilded".

)YK same as Hebrew?
$BT to take captive, to stop?
NG# a harsh one? harsh actions?
$BTH same as $BT above?
MDHBH gilded one?

Any thoughts?

Karl W. Randolph.

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