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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • Cc: Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: 22nd Psalm & 40th Psalm
  • Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 04:01:49 -0800

On 27/11/2003 20:08, Karl Randolph wrote:

...
K)R in Ps 22:17 (16 in English) is in the place where one would expect to
find a verb, as you mentioned below. As for what it means, there is too
little context in Tanakh to give a certain understanding. As the text
presently stands, the meaning “as a lion” does not fit. Are there any clues
from cognate languages?

Well, Karl, at the risk of being told that an assumption is being made about a loan word, BDB mentions under KWR an As. (= Akkadian?) possible cognate kâru "fell trees", which might be relevant but I suppose suggests a meaning "they chopped off my hands and my feet". And then there are a number of possible cognates under KRH e.g. Syriac "be short, cut off", Arabic "ball", As. karê "large vessels for holding corn" etc., Another possible root is KRR which in Arabic means "return, repeat, attack anew, advance and retreat". But none of this is very helpful.


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