Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

 I consider ויגלח=ו+י+גלח as being with the prefix VA, a  
variant of the existence marker, or substantive, בא, 'and it came to  
pass, and it happened', and with the inserted personal pronoun י,  
short for 'he'. The text leaves it vague as to who this 'he' is,  
Yosef or a servant? The translation (KJV) reads: 'and he shaved  
himself' in the Hitpael.
Isaac Fried
On Dec 5, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Lisbeth S. Fried wrote:

> I have checked it, of course.
> There is one other instance where it is pointed like this, all the  
> other
> times it is pointed with a sere under the lamed.
> But I guess it doesn't mean anything, and is still a piel.
> Liz
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Behalf Of Uri Hurwitz
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:06 PM
> > To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] Gen 41:14
> >
> >   It is a Piel, normal pointing for verbs with a guttural last  
> > letter  --
> check it.
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     Uri
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> > Does anyone have any ideas about why glx is pointed as it is, and  
> > not as
> piel?
> > Is this usual, or unusual?
> > Thanks,
> > Liz Fried
> >
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