Biblical Hebrew Forum

[yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>]

safran katav:
>The trouble with Even Shoshan is that he had an imperfect knowledge of
>Comparative Semitic philology. For example, in his dictionary, he
>derived BH peraqdan from Greek proctis, when any Akkadian scholar would
>know of the Akkadian verb naparqadu.

Absolutely right. 
No one is suggesting that Even-Shoshan's analyses or definitions should be
used or that he is complete. but for a practical outline of the 'lay of the
land', what exists, what doesn't, including seeing citations that go
against his categorization, and for immediate context, it is the place to
start. 
A very useful book, 
though they could use better binding since they keep falling apart on me.

braxot
Randall Buth