Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 22/06/2005 12:53, George F Somsel wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:12:12 +0200 "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
> writes:
>  
>
> > The verb QNH often means "to make" or "to create" (cf. Gen. 14:22). 
> > Might it
> > not mean, "I am no prophet, for I was made a man from my youth", or 
> > "for
> > [God] created me a man from youth".
> >
> > Yigal
> >    
> ___________________
>
> What would that mean?  It would seem that KiY is a causal particle.  Is
> see no connection between "I am a farmer" and "for God created me a man
> from my youth."
>
>  
Coul 'adam be used here in the sense of "common person", as (according 
to many) in Psalm 49:3, 62:10? In this case the speaker could be 
claiming that he is a common peasant who never had the chance to become 
someone special like a prophet.

But this still doesn't explain the hiphil of QNH, otherwise unattested. 
I did wonder if this could be a denominative from QNH = cane, so meaning 
that "a man had me beaten with canes", leading into verse 6.

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