Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Steve:

I will back up HH in this. Z(Q, though often used in the 
context that such a cry was a cry for help, was not in itself 
a cry for help. The word for "to cry for help" is $W(.

In Judges 4:13, Siserah cried out, giving commands as 
the commander, this was not a cry for help. Again in 
Jonah 3:7 the king cried out, giving commands.

In Judges 18:22-23, Mikah"s crying out was one of 
complaint, that the tribe of Dan was stealing from him. 
He was not calling out to them for help.

Now if I did a full study of all the occurrences, I expect to 
find many more such examples. Basically, the verb means 
to cry out, and the context tells what is the content of that 
crying out.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>
> 
> 
> From: Harold Holmyard Tuesday, December 06
> Dear Steve,
> 
> Your assumption that the verb Z(Q always has to be a cry for help may be
> questioned on the basis of this verse where the related noun occurs:
> 
> Eccl. 9:17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the
> shouts of a ruler of fools.
> 
> HH: These don't seem to be cries for help necessarily, but they are
> thoughtless shouts in contrast with wise, quiet words.
> 
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Thanks Harold. Since the other 17 uses of the noun Z(QH are a cry for help
> or in distress, as well as all 60 uses of the qal verb, I would see if it
> that meaning fits here also:
> 
> The words of the wise in rest are heard more than the desperate cry of him
> that rules among fools.
> 
> That makes sense to me. You would expect a desperate cry to be heard more
> than anything else, but from a fool, or even a ruler of fools, it is like
> crying wolf.
> 
> Yours,
> Steve Miller

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