Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

The way I see it, there really isn't anything special about these terms.

HGH has the basic meaning of "to mutter". In the days before silent reading 
was common, most people muttered outloud as they read, so it was also used in 
reference to reading to oneself.

%YX to talk to oneself, putting one’s thoughts into words, hence also to 
speak softly 

There's a certain amount of crossover between the two terms, in other words 
some times it doesn't matter which term is used. An example of where the 
terms are used for basically the same idea is Psalm 143:5, as part of poetic 
parallelism.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dray Luzon" <roodee AT thummy.com>
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> After examining these two words as they appear throughout the text 
> and especially in Psalm 143:5 I'm still having difficulty 
> understanding the nuances. It which situations would an author 
> choose one over the other when attempting to communicate ideas of 
> meditation, musing and pondering? I have reviewed some of the 
> comments in the NIDOTTE, but would appreciate any additional 
> comments and references that any of you could provide. Thanks in 
> advance.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -r
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