Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG]

I assume this refers to EZK 41:9. But why turn to the BHS margin? 
There is no Hebrew MS evidence for anything but B."YT here or in the 
other four references I quoted, and there is no dispute that it means 
"between" except in Proverbs, so the LXX reference (for which you 
don't need printed BHS!) is not much help.

On the other hand, as we discussed a few months ago B."YT is often 
used in place of B.:B"YT "in the house of", especially but not only in 
the phrase B."YT YHWH. So it is possible that B."YT in Proverbs 8:2 
refers to a house at the crossroads. However, it is very unlikely that 
this can explain the other references.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: bet in Prov. 8:2
Author:  ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk at internet
Date:    13/05/1999 20:34


On Thu 13 May 99 (07:12:37), dwashbur AT nyx.net wrote:
> No, he's asking about BYT in the next clause, which Holladay also 
> cites as a feminine form of BYN "between."

 Dear Dave:

 Ah, the mystery is solved!  The LXX has ANA MESON; so Kittel conjectures 
 that BeYT should be BeToWK or BeYN (app. crit. ad loc.). I should not 
 have relied on my electronic Hebrew text; best always to go to Kittel's 
 Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.

 Thank you Dave!

 $aLoWM
 Ben
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