Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Yes, but XUP$AH,  ( חֻפְשָה ), 'freedom', appears as such in  
Lev 19:20, and also TUM)AH, ( טֻמְאָה ), 'impurity', in Nu  
5:19; and they are both without a dagesh.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 26, 2009, at 8:28 PM, Brak wrote:

> Jason Hare wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > I know this was addressed to Isaac Fried. I just wanted to let you
> > know that this word definitely exists. It is listed in Davidson's
> > /Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon/.
> >
> > It only appears once, apparently, and it's got a suffixed pronoun.
> > Here is the reference:
> >
> > Hosea 7:4
> > כֻּלָּם מְנָאֲפִים כְּמוֹ  
> > תַנּוּר בֹּעֵרָה מֵאֹפֶה  
> > יִשְׁבּוֹת מֵעִיר
> > מִלּוּשׁ בָּצֵק עַד-חֻמְצָתוֹ׃
> > KLM MN)PYM KMW TNWR B(RH M)PH Y$BWT M(YR MLW$ BCQ (D-XMCTW
> When I saw this post of yours:
>
> In terms of pointing, both חֻמְצָה XUMCFH and
> חֻמְּצָה XUM.CFH make perfect sense in their respective forms.
>
> I thought that you were actually responding to my question. I was just
> pointing out that the words with the forms you had given doesn't  
> appear
> in the text. That's all. :)
>
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