Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Yigal:

Thank you.

My question was, is this an Aramaic phrase that was 
inserted into the Hebrew text, in the same way that 
Jeremiah 10:11 is Aramaic?

For me the clue is the Aramaic reading of MDHBH. In 
Hebrew, the term is unknown. My question, are the 
other four words in the phrase also Aramaic? 
Because I don't know Aramaic (beyond enough to read 
the Aramaic sections of Tanakh), I can't answer 
that question. If those words are Aramaic, do they 
have the same meanings as in Hebrew?

Any Aramaic scholars out there?

Karl W. Randolph.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
> 
> 
> Dear Karl,
> 
> The only word in the verse that is a hapax in Hebrew is the last - madhebah.
> Indeed, "dahab" is "gold" in Aramaic (cognate of Hebrew "zahab"), and even
> KJV translates it as "the golden city" - I would imagine following older
> traditions, but I have not checked. The translation makes sense in context,
> but so do other possible interpretations.
> 
> Yigal
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
> 
> > Dear B-Hebrew haburim:
> >
> > While reading through Isaiah 14, I question if the
> > last five words in verse 4 are Aramaic? Do they
> > make sense as Aramaic?
> >
> > The dictionaries I consulted carry only those
> > Aramaic terms that are found in the recognized
> > Aramaic sections of Tanakh. Four of the terms are
> > not found in those sections. The last term is
> > happax legomenon in Hebrew where neither the
> > context nor a possible root are a clear help to
> > decipher a possible meaning. However in Aramaic it
> > looks as if it means "gilded".
> >
> > )YK same as Hebrew?
> > $BT to take captive, to stop?
> > NG# a harsh one? harsh actions?
> > $BTH same as $BT above?
> > MDHBH gilded one?
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Karl W. Randolph.

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