Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Yes indeed it is. You've answered my question superbly. While the kal passive 
participle is used here rather than the piel perfect (as in my inscription), 
this settles 
the le- question for me, and furthermore makes the genitive relationship 
obvious. As 
far as I am concerned, there is no difference between my pre-exilic 
inscription and the 
early prophets. I appreciate the help.

Jon
---------- Original Message ----------


>Jonathan wrote:
>> Can anybody tell me (with perhaps a verse reference) which preposition
>would be 
>> used in BH for "by" with the word berakh in a phrase such as "I bless you
>by YHWH". I 
>> am looking at a paleo-Hebrew inscription here which has "brktk lyhwh" but
>I would 
>> have expected something like "brktk byhwh" because I would think the
>preposition 
>> would be "be-", such as in the phrase "diber YHWH behoshe'a" (Hos 1,2)
>"Adonai 
>> spoke through/by Hosea"
>> 
>> Am I detecting a difference in the language of my inscription and that of
>classic BH? 
>> Or is "le-" used for "by" in BH too? If not with berakh, then perhaps
>with other verbs?

>The phrase brk le- Y-WH is used at least 7 times in the HB: Ju 17:2, 1Sam
>15:13, 1Sam 23:21; 2Sam 2:5; Ps 115:15; Ru 2:20; Ru 3:10.  Can this be the
>phrase in your inscription?

>Baruch Alster
>Kochav Ya'akov, Israel 


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