Biblical Hebrew Forum

[<pporta AT oham.net>]

Karl,

1. How do you understand a "transitive use" of an INtransitive verb?
2. Look at B. in  www.oham.net/out/P-d/P-d221.html and be aware that this 
pattern was approved by the Academy of the Hebrew Language in 1996 as Niph'al 
Past, third person singular masculine, of verbs ayin-ayin (RCC) (not of verbs 
ayin-waw: RWC)


Pere
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: K Randolph 
  To: pporta AT oham.net 
  Cc: B-Hebrew 
  Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:44 PM
  Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ecc 12:6: BWR


  Pere:


  You're right on the number, I mistyped it.


  What I said was that this is a transitive use of the verb. As a transitive 
use, the niphal is possible, even though in this particular example it is 
qal. As far as I know, intransitive verbs cannot take a niphal, but 
transitive ones can.


  Karl W. Randolph.


  On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 7:45 PM, <pporta AT oham.net> wrote:

    Karl,

    I assume you mean to say 2Sa 22:30 (and not 28:30)
    If so, then )RWC is a Qal form. The same as:
    1. )QWM -- I will stand up -- Is 30:10
    2. )$WB - I will return -- Jb 1:21
    3. )MWT - I will die -- Gn 26:9

    No Niph'al.

    Pere Porta


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
    To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
    Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:24 PM
    Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ecc 12:6: BWR


    > Pere:
    > When you think of all the happax legomai nouns and verbs found in 
Tanakh,
    > then you wonder if a particular binyan can occur once for a verb used 
more
    > often in other binyanim?
    >
    > A more important question, is RWC ever used as a transitive verb, in 
which
    > case a niphal use would not be out of order? 2 Samuel 28:30 "For in 
such I
    > run the squad…" looks like such an example.
    >
    > Karl W. Randolph.
    >
    > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:49 PM, <pporta AT oham.net> wrote:
    >
    >> >> Then, Karl, in your view this NRC (of RWC) would be Niph'al Past,
    >> >> third
    >> >> person singular masculine, with conversive waw attached to it?
    >> >>
    >> >> Pere Porta
    >>
    >> >
    >> > Yes.
    >>
    >> > Karl W. Randolph.
    >>
    >> ____
    >>
    >> Are you sure that the Niph'al of RWC exists? I realize that neither in
    >> the
    >> bible nor in modern Hebrew appears even one form of Niph'al.
    >>
    >> Conjugations Qal, Hiph'il, Pol'el, Hitpol'el are found ... but no
    >> Niph'al.
    >>
    >> Greetings.
    >>
    >> Pere Porta
    >>
    >>

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