Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

On Tuesday 10 August 2004 06:57, wattswestmaas wrote:
> A quick question about hebrew lexicons because I am not able to view any of
> them and decide for myself.
>
> I can get a two volume Koehler and Baumgartner study edition; or an
> abbreviated version prepared by William L Holladay.  What are the
> differences?
>
> Also what are the differences between the above and the standard BDB?

I'm still saving my pennies to get the KB, but I use Holladay profusely.  The 
two biggest differences I can see between it and BDB are that Holladay is 
more up-to-date and not so loaded down with cognate info that may or may not 
be significant; and, I can actually find words in Holladay!  BDB's format of 
listing everything under triliteral roots drives me bonkers.  Except for the 
free condensed edition in Logos' software, I never use it because it's too 
time-consuming to figure out where they put this or that word, especially 
nouns.   As always, YMMV.

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Dave Washburn
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