Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

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.
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> Lloyd Barré
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> --- 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
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> Lloyd,
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> 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.
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> Isaac Fried, Boston University
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> On Feb 5, 2009, at 6:59 PM, LM Barre wrote:
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> > You cannot translate the hiphil form into English.
> > It doesn't *mean* anything.
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> This is wrong.  qatil (hiphil) means "to cause to kill."
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> Lloyd Barré
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