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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Psalm 14:7; 53:6/7


> Thanks HH - that explains 1 T, the one in Psalm 53 if, as you say, it is
> plural.  Could be an intensive plural, I suppose...

What do you mean as "intensive plural"?

> Why is the last letter a T in Psalm 14? I can't (as usual) find the word 
> in
> the Lexicons :)

The final T is nothing else than the normal final H of this word: when the 
word becomes construct, H becomes T. This is clearly explained in grammars.

For instance:

NAX:ALFH, possession (Nm 18:23)
becomes NAX:ALAT B:N"Y R:)W.B"N, the possession of the sons of Reuben (Js 
13:23)

This means that:

1. As we face a word ending in T, we can of course seek in the Lexicon this 
way, with a final T.
There are many, many words that end in T...

2. If there is none such word with a final T... then we'll seek the same 
thing but with the ending H.

Another example:

Look at Job 1:2 ---- $IB:(FH, seven  <> Job 1:3 --- $IB:(AT, seven, 7 
thousand heads of sheep

I think this is quite clear, isn't it?

Pere





Pere