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  • From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "What's eating you?"
  • Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:03:24 -0700

Uri:

That was my first reaction, but then I thought that the context seems
to indicate an active verb, not a passive one. That's why I brought up
the question.

Well I could be wrong.

Thanks.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 10/15/07, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Karl,
>
> The root is NKH,( Nun, Kaf, He) "hit", quite common
>
> in Hiph'il; in the verse you inquired about it is a
>
> passive form in Huph'al (or Hoph'al, if you prefer)
>
> in the imperfect, "you, pl., will
>
> be/are beaten."
>
> Uri Hurwitz
>
>
>
>
>
> b-hebrew chaberim: In looking at Isaiah 1:5, what is the meaning of TKW?
> Is it connected with TWK inside? Or is it a verb TKK or maybe TKH, as also
> used in Deuteronomy 33:3 and Ezekiel 22:20–22? Or have I made an
> elementary mistake that I need someone to slap me on the side of the head
> to recognize? Karl W. Randolph.



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