Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Thanks Maurice.

Apparently there is no clear clue from cognate languages either.

Here’s a case where I’m reading my own reactions into the verse, for if I 
were to observe justice being bent by bribes (cf. Prov. 17:23), I would be 
furious. Therefore the dictionary definition doesn’t make sense. “A gift in 
secret” looks like a parallelism for a bribe.

(Could the Akkadian cognate term actually be related to HPK “to turn over” 
instead of KPH?)

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>

> At 14:01 26/08/2003, Karl Randolph wrote:
> 
> >The verb used in Proverbs 21:14 is KPH and this is the only use of the 
> >verb in Tenakh. It has no words derived from in in Tenakh. Is there any 
> >cognate language that can give an insight to its meaning?
> 
> The   Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon lists: >> Arb. kfy II, kafa'a to bend down; 
> Akk. kepk to bend <<
> Arb. Arabic; '
> Akk. Akkadian;
> 
> 
> >As it stands, it appears to have the meaning "to incite or to inflame",
> 
> But the NRSV translates: >>  A gift in secret averts anger; and a concealed 
> bribe in the bosom, strong wrath. <<
> and JPS: >> A gift in secret subdues anger, A present in private, fierce 
> rage.
> 
> Swanson, in DBL, translates the verb as : >>appease, soothe, expiate, i.e., 
> to avert anger by causing some limited measure of pleasure by an action (Pr 
> 21:14+) <<
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Maurice
> 
> Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
> mauros AT iol.ie
> 
> 

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