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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: l_barre AT yahoo.com
  • Cc: b-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Verb Stems Confusion
  • Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 22:00:15 -0500

Lloyd,

You are right and may think of the hiphil structure as a root augmented by the two personal pronouns HI)-HI), one prefixed and one infixed, one for the instigator of the act and one for the beneficiary of the act.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 5, 2009, at 6:59 PM, LM Barre wrote:

You cannot translate the hiphil form into English.
It doesn't *mean* anything.

This is wrong. qatil (hiphil) means "to cause to kill."

Lloyd Barré
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