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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Yaakov Stein <yaakov_s AT rad.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] )INH in Exodus 21:13
  • Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 19:48:58 -0500

Yaakov,
Everything becomes clear and obvious if you only agree that U and I in a Hebrew word are personal pronouns or identity markers [essentially HU) and HI)], and that the radical consonants each denote existence or plurality. With this, )INAH of Exodus 21:13 becomes HI), namely God, )ANAH, 'brought into existence, made to be, caused to happen, materialized, actualized' and by implication 'moved, delivered', from the root AN-NA.
Hence the present-day T)UNAH = AT-HU)-ANAH, 'accident, happening'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 3, 2008, at 2:31 AM, Yaakov Stein wrote:

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone can explain the derivation of the word ) NH in
piel form
that appears in Exodus 21:13 and is usually translated something like
"cause to happen".

My concordance lists this word as unique to this meaning
and defines it as "ZIMN".
The KJV has "deliver into his hand" while the revised standard version
has "came about by an act of God".

It seems that all the translations derive the meaning from context.

Of course there could be a connection to )NH meaning "please",
i.e. God "asked" the person to be at that place.

Alternatively, the word L)N meaning "where" and the
word )NH as in ")NH W)NH" or ")NH HLK DODK"
could give a clue. This could mean that God sent the
person to the place where be would be killed.

It is interesting that )NH is also used for time, as in the expression
"(D )NH"
used in Numbers 14:11. So perhaps the original meaning is "place and/or
time",
in which case the meaning of the piel would be to cause someone to
appear
at a given place and time.


Yaakov (J) Stein
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