Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Gday Bob,

Here's a few references of which I am aware:

Creason, Stuart A. 1995. “Semantic Classes of Hebrew Verbs: A Study of 
Aktionsart in the Hebrew Verbal System.” PhD diss., University of Chicago.

de Regt, Lénart J. 1997. “Multiple meaning and semantic domains in some 
Biblical Hebrew lexicographical projects: the description of zera'.” 
Zeitschrift für Althebraistik 10: 63-75.

Fischer, Wolfdietrich. 1999. “Das System der Farbbezeichnungen im Alten 
Testament.” Mediterranean Language Review 11: 187-199.

Iverson, Cheryl Lynn. 1996. “Restoration: A semantic domain study of 
restoration and recovery as it relates to persons in the ancient 
Israelite community.” Ph.D. dissertation diss., Drew University.

Kroeze, Daniel G. 2004. “A Semantic Study of the Lexical Field of ‘Fear’ 
Terms in Biblical Hebrew.” PhD diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Kroeze, Jan H. 1997. “Semantic relations in construct phrases of 
Biblical Hebrew: a functional approach.” Zeitschrift für Althebraistik 
10: 27-42.

Mellon, Brad F. 1996. “Distinguishing Greek and Hebrew words in the 
semantic field 'servant': With special reference to 'servant of the 
Lord' constructions.” Ph.D. dissertation diss., Westminster Theological 
Seminary.

Morag, Shelomo. 1992. “The structure of semantic and associative fields 
in Biblical Hebrew and Classical Arabic.” Pages 137-143 in 'Sha'arei 
Talmon': Studies in the Bible, Qumran, and the Ancient Near East 
Presented to Shemaryahu Talmon. Edited by Michael A. Fishbane and 
Emanuel Tov. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

van der Merwe, C. H. J. 2006. “Lexical Meaning in Biblical Hebrew and 
Cognitive Semantics: A Case Study.” Biblica 87: 85-95.

Van der Merwe, C. H. J. in press. “Biblical Hebrew Lexicology: A 
Cognitive Linguistic Perspective.” Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des 
Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt 6.

Hope this is useful.

Regards,
David Kummerow.

> I am beginning to notice several words that are related in their semantic
> field - like ShLK and ShLX send and throw or ZnàXTAni (psalm 43:2) and
> ShkàXTAni (psalm 42) [how did this morph through Aramaic to the Hellenized
> translation in the Gospel I wonder] or HLK and YLK (again Psalm 42-43)
>
> Is there an online resource or otherwise standard book that might have
> studies on semantic fields in Biblical Hebrew?  I know of one at the
> university here covering the XSD and related words - Creach, Jerome F. D.
> Yahweh as Refuge and the Editing of the Hebrew Psalter ( JSOT  SS 127 1996)
> This one is rather good and readable.
>
> Any other pointers?
>
> BTW - the reason I ask is it is often helpful to be able to see the
> crossover or equivalence between Hebrew and Greek usage - e.g. NXM and
> paracletos - as I dig my way back into this history...
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
>
> Bob MacDonald
> Victoria BC
> http://gx.ca
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