Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

On Friday 30 May 2003 06:36, Kirk Lowery wrote:
> 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...

Kirk,
Could you expand on "look up the lemma" a little?  For example, when BDB and 
KBS disagree in such a case, how do you go about deciding which (if any) is 
more accurate?  I sometimes turn to Ugaritic or Aramaic, but as often as not 
those are no help.  What kind of approach do you use to sort these out?

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Dave Washburn
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