Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Troels Hansen" <tkmh AT get2net.dk>]

Aarhus, Denmark, October 23. 2002



To my superiors!


Yigal Levin wrote:

The two words translated "forth" are actually the same
Hebrew root, meaning "to go [or come] out". It is the same
root as that used for the emptying of bowels, but this is
incidental.

This may be quite right, nevertheless this is the meaning of
'MWCC)' in the qere of 2 Kings 10,27. The verb itself, JC(,
can among an overwhelmingly large number of instances be
found the verse before, 2 Kings 10,26 and, of course, Gen
1:12, both in the hiphil. Lew Osborne's idea of its relating
to "to many women over a long period of time giving birth
[...]" therefore seems unnecessary.

I would suggest that something similar to the verb PR$ is
going on here.


Yours
Troels Hansen
tkhm AT get2net.dk