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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Halla
  • Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:02:19 +0000


On Mon 10 Dec 2001 (12:12:11), nelson.morales AT grupopoma.com.sv wrote:
> Yesterday I heard one pastor on my local chuch saying that Hallal
> meaning is "Mad/insane" and "act madly".
> Is that correct? Is that the real menaning of Hallal or just a nuance
> in some specific case?
>
My understanding is that the root H-L-L in the Qal means to shine: as the
Morning Star (Venus) in Isaiah 14:12. This HeYLeL is rendered FWSFORUS in
the LXX and Lucifer in the Vulgate.

In the Pi`el it means to praise or to glory or to be vain-glorious; hence
the pejorative connotation your pastor mentioned. The Po`el Y:HoWLeL means to
make a fool of, to shame; the Po`al participle M:HoWLFL means to be mad.
In the Hithpo`el it means to become mad, as "gfsomsel" points out.
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Revd Ben Crick BA CF, and Mrs Joanna (Goodwin) Crick
<ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk>
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  • Halla, Nelson Morales, 12/10/2001
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Halla, Polycarp66, 12/10/2001
    • Halla, Shoshanna Walker, 12/10/2001
    • Re: Halla, Ben Crick, 12/11/2001

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