Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

b-hebrew - Re: Breathe or Witness in Proverbs 14:5

b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Dale M. Wheeler" <dalemw AT teleport.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Breathe or Witness in Proverbs 14:5
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:42:38 -0800

From: "Brian Tucker" <editor AT journalofbiblicalstudies.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:10:32 -0500
X-Message-Number: 2
Should one understand W:YFP"YXA Breathe or Witness
Prov 14:5 BDB lists this as a verb from the root [peh waw het (PWX)]
(BDB,806). Bibleworks shows it as hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine
singular from (peh waw het [PWX]) meaning to breathe or blow or cause to
do such.
Loewenstamm and Pardee showed that the Ugaritic [yph] 'witness' (4.258,5)
offers a better range of meaning for the biblical term.
1. If this is true could someone explain the morphology of the word if it
is from a different root.
2. Is BDB wrong here? Should we understand it as a 'witness' the NAU has
witness but has 'breathes out' in the margin.
3. How would you parse W:YFP"YXA if it is not a hiphil imperfect 3rd
person masculine singular from PWX?
4. Does the parallel of PWX and ("D in Proverbs 19:9 offer enough support
for this new understanding of the term?
Thanks
Brian Tucker
editor AT journalofbiblicalstudies.org
http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org


Brian:

In the most current version of the MorphBHS, of which I'm the co-editor, Prov 14:5 is tagged as PWX_2 which corresponds to the second homograph as found in the KBS (HALOT) Lexicon, to which the MorphBHS is being standardized.  This second homograph means "to testify, declare".  I'm puzzled as to why BWorks doesn't have this correct, but it does come up correctly in the MorphBHS and Expanded BDB in Gramcord for Windows.




***********************************************************************
Dale M. Wheeler, Ph.D.
Research Professor in Biblical Languages        Multnomah Bible College
8435 NE Glisan Street                               Portland, OR  97220
Voice: 503-251-6416    FAX:503-254-1268     E-Mail: dalemw AT teleport.com
***********************************************************************



Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page