Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 02/02/2005 13:32, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

> Peter Kirk wrote:
>  
>
> > $- takes patah also in Song of Songs 1:7 and perhaps Job 19:29, 
> > as well as twice in Judges 5:7. Also in Judges 6:17 it takes 
> > qamats before alef, in what looks like compensatory lengthening 
> > of patah (but segol is more common before alef).
> >    
>
> Well, obviously Judges 5:7.  But thank you for the example re:
> Song of Songs 1:7.  I originally thought it was inconclusive, but I
> have no alternative explanation for it.  Job 19:29 is also inconclusive
> for me.  But I guess in light of Song of Songs 1:7, nothing can be said
> for the patah.
>
>  
I wonder if $- with patah can be explained as a contraction of $- with 
HA- or H:A-. On that basis it might be possible to explain the odd 
$AQ.AM:TIY of Judges 5:7 as $- followed by the Hiphil "perfect" 1st 
person singular of QWM. Perhaps later readers failed to recognise this 
contraction and so failed to adjust the pronunciation and pointing to 
match the regular Hiphil form.

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