Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Stephen and Rebecca Shead <srshead AT gmail.com>]

Karl,

Yes, I see Oun's point as well, and the question is a good one, given the
contextual puzzle. Some other kind of "upsettedness" is certainly an
enticing possibility.

But that is why I said, "there are two clear-cut and common senses [of
XEMAH] elsewhere". After looking at the other occurrences, especially the
very frequent parallel with )AP "nose/anger", it seems to me to mean, very
straightforwardly, "wrath" (unless it means "poison"). In fact, it doesn't
ever seem to have the more "basic" meaning "heat", simply the derived
concept "wrath". So after toying with other ideas, I personally would stay
with the more conservative "wrath" (and then puzzle over why). Others will,
of course, disagree.

Stephen.


> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
> To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:34:25 -0800
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re Ezk 3:14 in the heat of my spirit
> Stephen:
>
> George's use of "run" may not have been the best example, as that word has
> had a very wide semantic range since well before the mechanized era.
>
> But upon reconsidering Oun's question again, I see he has a point: is XMH
> as
> an emotion limited to anger? Or can it refer to other emotions as well,
> like
> troubled, or excited?
>
> Ezekiel's subsequent action in verse 15 does not seem to be that of one in
> the grip of fury, rather bitter in the upsetedness (how's that for a
> neologism?) of his spirit.
>
> >
> > Stephen Shead
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> >
> > Karl W. Randolph.
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