Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

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.