Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

b-hebrew - Re: [b-hebrew] Num. 32:42

b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Vadim Cherny <him AT vadimcherny.org>
  • To: b-hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Num. 32:42
  • Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:46:53 +0300

Could it be that hey in lah is similar to hey in Shulamita from the Song of Songs?
She's ha-Shulamita, not a proper name but "the one who belongs to Shlomo" with hey relating the direction-like (aspiring) possession.

Vadim Cherny

---

Consider the difference between v.v. 41 and 42: ethen vs. lah. To name villages, the author uses preposition ethen. IMO, hey in lah is destinative suffix (like in baita) rather than feminine. 32:42 goes about multiple objects, so single feminine lah is unlikely. IMO, bnoteiha refers to built-up area rather than strictly villages, thus destinative suffix. Just a guess for the lack of a better explanation.

Vadim Cherny

Yigal Levin wrote:
Dear All,

Does anyone have any idea why there is no mappiq in the last letter of the word LH, third word from last in Num. 32:42? The mappiq is missing in both BHS and in the Aleppo-based Breuer prints.

Yigal Levin







  • Re: [b-hebrew] Num. 32:42, Vadim Cherny, 08/03/2008

Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page