Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryant J. Williams III" <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>]

Dear Karl,

BDB, " barak," p. 139, "piel," #5, says" 'bless, with the antithetical meaning
curse (Thes) from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to , taking leave 
of;
but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as vulgar English as well
as in the Shemitic cognates: I K 21:10.13; Jb 1:5.11, 2.5, 9; Ps 10:3.'"  In 
the
passage I Kings 21:9-14, reference is made in the Hebrew Text to "beni-belial,
'sons of belial.' This would tell me that any so-called "blessing" coming from
evil people is, in reality and fact, "a curse." Also the LXX in both places 
in I
Kings 21:10, "EULOGHSE," and "EULOGHKAS" in verse 13. This is reasonable in 
that
EULOGEW is used to translate BRK in the LXX. Again, the LXX uses "hUIOS
PARANOMWN" in verse 10, and "hUIOI PARANOMWN" in verse 13 that reinforces the
idea of the "Sons of the Evil One" claiming the "blessing" Naboth supposedly
gave was a "curse."

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 01:00 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] 1 Kings 21:10, 13 blessing?


> Dear B-Hebrew Haburim:
>
> In 1 Kings 21:10, 13, the traditional understanding
> is that BRK refers to blessing. In both cases it is
> pointed as a Piel.
>
> If this is the accusation by which Naboth is
> condemned, it does not make sense, in that this is
> what a citizen is supposed to do. From the context,
> I understand that this is the supposed fault that
> Naboth did that earned him his death sentence. Or
> do I miss something?
>
> One option is that this is the final command given
> to the condemned, sort of like "Say your prayers
> before we execute you."
>
> Or are we dealing with the wrong definition, that
> it has the meaning that Naboth put down God and the
> king, i.e. that he made them so to speak kneel?
>
> Another is that it was incorrectly pointed, rather
> we are dealing with a different root? Possibly that
> this is a prefixed B followed by a participle?
>
> Is this a similar case as Ezekiel 3:12 where a root
> connected with blessing doesn't seem to fit?
>
> What do you all think?
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
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