Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

But Peter:

Those are two of the verses I considered before making my original question, 
though neither are among the 15 occurances of $WBB I referenced.

The Job passge has a poetic parallelism with the wicked and the apostate, and 
in Hosea I read it as acts of apostasy.

$BB I read as having the meaning as removing from one’s proper place, and in 
matters of faith that removing is an act of apostasy. So in Ezekiel 38:4 it 
is a physical movement while in Jeremiah 3:22 it is a spiritual removing, 
hence apostasy.

$WBB also seems to have the root $WB with the idea of returning, restoration, 
such as in Psalm 23:3 and Isaiah 49:5.

Other roots that may cause confusion with related words, though not with 
$WBB, are $BH taking captive and Y$B settling down.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>

> On 13/04/2004 17:45, Karl Randolph wrote:
>
> >To All:
> >
> >It appears that the lexeme $wbb comes from two roots: from $bb which seems 
> to carry the comcept of moving from one’s proper place, or when dealing with 
> belief the idea of becoming apostate, and as a pilel for $wb with the concept of 
> being returned, restored. Using an unpointed search, it appears about 15 times 
> in Tanakh. It appears that the context is what tells us which root to attach any 
> particular usage of the lexeme. Am I reading this aright, or am I overlooking 
> anything?
> >
> >Karl W. Randolph.
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> I would think that the sense "apostate" also comes from the pilel or 
> polel of $WB, with the meaning of turning back into unbelief or idolatry.
>
> The root $BB does seem to occur, in Hosea 8:6 and Job 18:5, but the 
> meaning is different.
>
> Another root which is sometimes confused with $WB is $BH "take captive". 
> This confusion, or deliberate word play, is found in the rather common 
> phrase $WB $BYT/$BWT "bring back from captivity" or "restore the fortunes".
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/

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