Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Peter:

Remember in a previous discussion I mentioned that I look at lexemes not so 
much from their formal aspect, but more from their functional use?

Likewise, here I see )$R and $- prefix as functional equivelants, i.e. they 
are almost perfect synonyms. It is my impression that $- prefix is used more 
in poetry and )$R everywhere else in Tanakh. It acts as if it were a 
contraction. That's what I notice. As a result, I missed your objections.

Karl W. Randolph.

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

> 
> On 02/02/2005 22:55, Karl Randolph wrote:
> 
> > ... If we accept that $- in Judges 1:6 is a constraction for )$R, ...
> >
> 
> Karl, I have twice in the last month or so outlined very strong 
> evidence against this assumption. Please answer my arguments or 
> stop making this assumption.
> 
> As a reminder, I accept that  $- is a synonym of )$R, and thus 
> probably the rest of your argument here. But you ruin it by this 
> unjustified and baseless assertion.
> 
> 
> -- Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
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