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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Exodus 15:22 the first word
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:06:58 -0500

Chris:

When looking at an unpointed text, it is the context that tells whether or
not a verb is hiphil with a dropped yod, or another form.

In this case, the context does not call for a specific hiphil reading: it
could be a qal reading “And Moses broke camp, with Israel…” There is no need
for a hiphil reading, for Moses did not make Israel break camp, rather they
were following God in the form of a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night
(Exodus 13:17–22). It was God doing the leading, not Moses. Thus the context,
along with its form, argue against this being a hiphil.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "wattswestmaas" <wattswestmaas AT eircom.net>

> Hallo, This verb is a damn nusance!!! All my grammar books and so forth
> fail to explain why this is HIPHIL. I know that it is a pe-nun AND lamed
> gutteral combination and I am aware of the basic rules for this but darn me
> if i would have ever recognised this as a Hiphil stem
>
> please can someone tell me what my books fail to.
>
> Thankyou Chris.

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