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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: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 22:56:06 -0500

Lloyd,

I an not sure what you mean by "causative", and how you relate it to HI$QIP, 'looked', in Psalms 14:2. Spoken Hebrew has HI$MIN, 'gained weight', and $IMEN, 'oiled'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 6, 2009, at 3:48 PM, LM Barre wrote:

No, hiphil is a causative stem based on the vocalic infix pattern.

Lloyd Barré




--- On Fri, 2/6/09, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Verb Stems Confusion
To: l_barre AT yahoo.com
Cc: "Jason Hare" <jaihare AT gmail.com>, "b-Hebrew" <b- hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 3:00 AM

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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