Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jonathan Bailey <jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de>]

Well, the deal is that not all of us are in a financial position to buy an 
arsenal of 
theological tools. So I guess I will quit trying to subtely imply my request: 
I want 
someone to do the research for me!

Thanks,
Jon
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>Perhaps this site has tools you could use in your research.
>www.jewishsoftware.com

>Emanuel
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>From: Jonathan Bailey +ADw-jonathan.bailey+AEA-gmx.de+AD4-
>To: Biblical Hebrew +ADw-b-hebrew+AEA-franklin.oit.unc.edu+AD4-
>Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 4:38 PM
>Subject: Prepositions with Berakh


>+AD4-Can anybody tell me (with perhaps a verse reference) which preposition 
would be 
>+AD4-used in BH for +ACI-by+ACI- with the word berakh in a phrase such as 
>+ACI-I 
bless 
>you by YHWH+ACI-. I 
>+AD4-am looking at a paleo-Hebrew inscription here which has +ACI-brktk 
lyhwh+ACI- but I 
>would 
>+AD4-have expected something like +ACI-brktk byhwh+ACI- because I would 
>think 
the 
>preposition 
>+AD4-would be +ACI-be-+ACI-, such as in the phrase +ACI-diber YHWH 
behoshe'a+ACI- 
>(Hos 1,2) +ACI-Adonai 
>+AD4-spoke through/by Hosea+ACI-
>+AD4-
>+AD4-Am I detecting a difference in the language of my inscription and that 
>of 
classic BH? 
>+AD4-Or is +ACI-le-+ACI- used for +ACI-by+ACI- in BH too? If not with 
>berakh, 
then 
>perhaps with other verbs?
>+AD4-
>+AD4-While we're at it, I am interested in differences between BH and 
paleo-Hebrew in 
>+AD4-general, or similarities between paleo-Hebrew and the archaic biblical 
>poetry 
for that 
>+AD4-matter. Anybody have any interesting insights here?
>+AD4-
>+AD4-
>+AD4-Jon
>+AD4-
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