Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com> wrote, inter alia:
"....but 
the WAYYIQTOL form referred to a functionality 
that was unique to Hebrew, ..."

I'm not sure what you mean, Karl. In Arabic the imperfect often serves as the 
participle, or,  what is vulgarly known,  the present tense, to this day.This 
often follows the conjuction of the attached "F" letter, vowelled "fa", one 
of the Arabic equivalents to the Heb. "W", the other being  "wa" familiar to 
members of this list.

However one would need an Arabist  for further elaboration.

Uri 

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Dear Chemorion Chosefu:

I would hesitate to claim that BYRH refers to 
a capitol or seat of government: of the four 
times it is used apart from the name $W$N, 
twice it is used for Solomon’s as of yet 
unbuilt temple (1 Chronicles 29:1,19) and once 
for a structure in Jerusalem when Jerusalem 
was a minor governor’s city in the Persian 
Empire (Nehemiah 7:2). That is unless we read 
the temple as being the seat of God’s 
government and even a minor governor has a 
seat of government.

As for HYKL in 2 Chronicles 36:7, I had read 
it as referring to the building that contains 
the large meeting room. But you may be right.

Karl W. Randolph.

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From: "Chemorion" <chosefu_chemorion AT wycliffe.org>

> 
> > BYRH seems to indicate an edifice, a large,
> > imposing building.
> I think this was usually the headquarters of the rulership. In biblical
> terms, Washington DC would be the BYRAH of America just as Shusan in Esther
> 1:5, Nehemiah 2:8,
> 
> > HYKL refers to a large meeting room. By
> > extension, it also refers to the building that
> > houses such a room. It can be in a tent or a
> > building of wood and/or stone.

> Your observation here is very interesting. Traditionally, lexicons have
> understood this term in two senses. It is thought to refer to a house of
> splendour  that is usually associated with kings or a magnificent building
> dedicated to divinities. Basically, the term is usually translated as
> either a Palace or a temple. In many cases, this term is rendered as Temple.
> However, a close examination of how this term is used in 1 Kings 6:3, 5ff,
> reveals that HYKL was a one of the rooms in a bigger complex structure. I
> think you are right. Your explanation could be useful in understanding the
> usage of this term in 2 Chronicles 36:7, where  NIV says "Temple" but CEV
> says "palace". From your explanation I would render HYKL in  2 chroincles
> 36:7 as a "a large room" which was probably used to store the valuables of
> Nebuchadnezzer. I hope I am not too wrong!>
> 
> Chemorion Chosefu
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