Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Andrew.Wergeland AT mf.no]

At 09:59 07.03.03 -0500, you wrote:
>Taking BAC.AR in Is 25:4 as an adjective seems to make more sense to me
>than as an infinitive construct. 
>Would the infinitive construct be Qal (if so, why no Holem) or Hifil (if
>so, why no He)? 

It could be qal on the pattern of stative verbs (an imperfect in Pr 4:12
shows this pattern) and therefore have a patah instead of holem.


>How are similar phrases (especially the identical phrase in 2Chron 15:4)
>understood in HALOT and the database? 

The database sees 2C 15:4 also has inf.cstr.  Here's the list from HALOT
under the root CRR concerning this expression (B.3.c.):  Dt 4:30 2S 22:7/Ps
18:7 Is 25:4 Hos 5:15 Ps 66:14 106:44 107:6.13.19.28 2C 15:4 

What about an inf.cstr. with the article?  A search in BibleWorks for an
inf.cstr. preceded by the def.art. finds only this phrase (Deut. 4:30; 2
Sam. 22:7; 2 Chr. 15:4; Ps. 18:7; 66:14; 106:44; 107:6, 13, 19, 28; Isa.
25:4; Hos. 5:15).




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