Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Kirk Lowery <klowery AT wts.edu>]

c stirling bartholomew wrote:

> Will someone please under a different topic heading explain to me
> what the large roman numerals in the articles of BDB and K&B mean?
> Do they indicate different "words" with the same graphic form?

I believe these refer to different lexical entries with the same 
spelling but with different meanings, i.e., homonyms. The order in 
which they occur in the lexicon determines the number.

Their usage is very inconsistent, however. I would not trust the 
ordering to be the same between BDB and KBS, for example. Always look 
up the lemma when citing...

Blessings,

Kirk
--
Kirk E. Lowery, Ph.D.
Director, Westminster Hebrew Institute
Adjunct Professor of Old Testament
Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

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