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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>
  • To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] barak (bless? curse?) in the Book of Job
  • Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:47:10 -0600

Karl,
Harold:
I don't follow you. Do you have other examples to back you up? Where in
Tanakh would they be found?

HH: BDB says, After an oath (expressed, or merely implied) )M (the formula of imprecation being omitted) becomes an emphatic negative, and )M-L) becomes an emphatic positive.

HH: An example of an emphatic positive would be "surely."

HH: The examples BDB gives include: Num 14:28; Josh 14:9; 1 Kgs 20:23; 2 Kgs 9:26; Isa 5:9; 14:24; Jer 15:11; 49:20; Job 1:11, and especially cases in Ezekiel.

BTW the phrase is "upon" your face, not "to". A significant difference in
Biblical Hebrew.
HH: One of the meanings the preposition can have in English is "to." This is well known. A word in one language does not necessarily have only one word in another language to which it is equivalent, for the range of meaning of a word in one language may not match the range of meaning of one particular word in another language.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard





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