Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dana Densmore <verdelion AT yahoo.com>]

B-hebrew listmembers, I have two questions about this verse in the song of 
Deborah to offer for your expertise and insights.  Judges 5:2.

1.  re the verb root PR( and its associated noun.  Whether we are taking it 
to be related to leading/leaders or to the unbinding of hair, we have the 
masculine singular noun in the same form PERA( appearing in what I (and BDB) 
take to be a plural noun PR(WT.   

My question is whether there are other singular nouns of a similar form whose 
plural looks like this.  Is it common for an --A( patach ayin ending to be 
pluralized like a --AH ending?  Did it sound to the ear like an --AH feminine 
form and thus get a feminine form plural? (I'm not bothered by the fact that 
the noun is masculine, that's not my question.)  When it's an --AH singular 
it just goes to --WT replacing the AH; here it maintains the ayin and adds 
the WT.  Where else, if anywhere, does this happen?

2.  The last two words of the verse certainly could be an imperative, [you 
pl] Bless YHVH.  And given the context of the Song, that seems probably most 
likely.  But is there any internal evidence that would prevent the sense of 
the verse from being "when men were unbinding their hair in Israel [or the 
leaders leading], and when the people were offering themselves, they blessed 
YHVH."  That is, that their coming out for the war at Deborah's/YHVH's call 
was an act of blessing.

Thanks for your thoughts on this.

Dana Densmore
University of Wales


      
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Concerning "Noah" in Gen. 7:7 - some editions cantillate it with a zakef an=
d some with a revi'i.

I've posted about here: http://agmk.blogspot.com/2008/10/noah-revii-or-zake=
f.html

Cassuto's edition=2C which was really a Ginsburg edition corrected accordin=
g to Cassuto's investigation of the Aleppo Codex=2C has a zakef. For variou=
s reasons this is suspect and the assumption is that the Aleppo Codex would=
 likely have a revi'i.

I'm very curious what Ginsburg's edition originally had before it was alter=
ed for Cassuto's edition. If Ginsburg originally had a revi'i then this wou=
ld indicate that Cassuto probably actually saw a zakef in the Aleppo Codex =
and adjusted the Ginsburg edition accordingly.

Is Ginsburg's edition available online anywhere?
If someone has easy access to a hard copy I would greatly appreciate a veri=
fication.

Thank=2C
Ari Kinsberg

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