Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Olivier Randrianjaka <rev_oli AT hotmail.com>]

Fred Putnam,
 
Thank you for your contribution, I am quite brand new in this and I am 
wondering according to your explanation whether paired words like CHESED 
WEMETH, which is sometimes should be translated as a "hendiadys" are also 
classified as word pairs.
Thanks for your helps.
 
Olivier Randrianjaka > Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:07:22 -0500> From: 
fred.putnam AT gmail.com> To: l_barre AT yahoo.com> CC: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org; 
steve AT voiceinwilderness.info> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Word pairs in biblical 
and semitic literatures> > Dear Lloyd,> > Word-pairs tend to occur in 
parallel poetic lines, as you suggest, and the> pairs that you list from Pr 
10.1b-c are, of course, semanticaly parallel> pairs *in this verse*, but this 
is not really the way that the term has come> to be used in the study of ANE 
poetry (on which see my earlier post).> > To use the same example, 
"wise/foolish" and "father/mother" are word-pairs,> since they occur 
together, and in this order, not infrequently in the Bible.> > But are "makes 
glad" and "heaviness" a word-pair? [I cite the same version> for 
consistency.] The piel of SMX [Sorry--I don't have my transliteration> scheme 
to hand.] occurs 26xx (times) in Biblical Hebrew (15 of which are in> Pss/8xx 
& Pro/7xx--it is a more-or-less "poetic" form). None of its> occurences 
parallel TWGH, apart from Pr 10.1. Even in Jer 31.13, where the> "mourning", 
"joy", "sorrow", "rejoicing", &c. occur--with several "slots"> into which 
TWGH would seem to fit--it does not occur. This suggests quite> strongly that 
the verb SMX and noun TWGH are not a word-pair.> > TWGH occurs only 4xx (Ps 
119.28 (no parallel); Pr 10.1; 14.13; 17.21), so> there is not much evidence 
upon which to identify them as a pair.> > On the other hand, TWGH is either 
the predicate or subject of Pr 14.13b,> where it occurs with--but does not 
parallel--the noun SMXH; in Pr 17.21 it> parallels the qal of SMX, but their 
order is opposite that of Pr 10.1 (TWGH> in 17.21a, qal of SMX in 17.21b). 
While this implies that these roots were> understood as antonyms--SMX is 
negated in order to create a synonymous> parallelism--it does not establish 
their identity as a word-pair; there is> not a large enough sampling to draw 
this conclusion.> > I hope that this makes sense.> > Thanks for asking, 
Steve--this is an interesting line of conversation.> > Peace.> > Fred> > On 
Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM, LM Barre <l_barre AT yahoo.com> wrote:> > > Words 
used in parallel members--matching subject, verbs, objects,> > adjectives 
etc.> >> > A wise son maketh a glad father:> > but a foolish son is the 
heaviness of his mother.> >> > "Wise son" is paired with "foolish son," 
"maketh glad" is paired with> > "heaviness" and "father" is paired with 
"mother."> >> > Lloyd Barré> >> >> >> > --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Steve Miller 
<smille10 AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:> >> > From: Steve Miller 
<smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Word pairs in biblical 
and semitic literatures> > To: "'b-hebrew Forum'" 
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>> > Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 1:16 AM> >> 
> Can someone please explain: What is a word-pair? Thanks.> >> > Sincerely,> 
> -Steve Miller> > Detroit> > www.voiceInWilderness.info> > And I saw: and 
behold, a black horse, and he that sat upon it having a> > balance in his 
hand. And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four> > living> > creatures 
saying, A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of> > barley for 
a day's wages: and do not injure the oil and the wine. (Rev> > 6:5b-6)> > The 
chariot in which are the black horses goes forth into the land of the> > 
north. (Zech 6:6a)> > > -----Original Message-----> > > From: 
b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-> > > 
bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James Spinti> > > Sent: Friday, 
February 06, 2009 12:30 PM> > > To: b-hebrew Forum> > > Subject: Re: 
[b-hebrew] Word pairs in biblical and semitic literatures> > >> > >> > > Not 
terribly recent, but have you looked at the 3 volumes of Ras Shamra> > > 
Parallels from Biblical Institute Press?> > >> > > HTH,> > > James> > > 
________________________________> > > James Spinti> > > Marketing Director, 
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Specializing in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies> > > jspinti at 
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574-269-2011 ext 226> > > Fax: 574-269-6788> > >> > > -----Original 
Message-----> > > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-> 
> > bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Olivier Randrianjaka> > > Sent: 
Friday, February 06, 2009 12:53 AM> > > To: george.athas AT moore.edu.au; 
b-hebrew Forum> > > Subject: [b-hebrew] Word pairs in biblical and semitic 
literatures> > >> > >> > > Hi all of you!!I am looking for the most recent 
works concerning Word> > > pairs studies in Biblical as well as in ancient 
Semitic literatures, CAN> > > ANYONE HELP?Thanks a lot. Olivier 
RandrianjakaPhD Student atMission> > School> > > and TheologyStavanger, 
Norway> > > 
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