Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dana densmore <danadensmore AT hotmail.com>]

Thanks, Karl!


It does seem to me that in the Ex.19:5 phrase )M $MW( T$M(W BQLY we have to 
be talking about listening not obeying primarily, because of the BQLY, and 
merely hearing doesn't seem right because of the emphasis of the infinitive 
construct in $MW( T$M(W.  


Can we, in general, get any help from the following preposition, where one is 
present, or from the absence thereof?  It doesn't seem to be universal, but 
is there a clue in some form like when the $M( verb is followed by B: it is 
more like listening, or L: or (L perhaps more like obeying?  Or if no 
preposition, perhaps with )T, more like hearing?  I already know this is way 
too pat and convenient.  But does one get at least some sort of feel based on 
the preposition or particle?


Dana Densmore


 


Karl W. Randolph.
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:01:12 -0700
> From: kwrandolph AT gmail.com
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Sorting senses of $M(
> 
> Dana:
> 
> 2009/4/24 dana densmore <danadensmore AT hotmail.com>
> 
>>
>> "One thing I'm wondering about is whether you all find in Tanakh a sense of
>> "listen" in the English meaning of active listening, not just passive
>> hearing, and distinguished from the use of "listen" as a synonym for 
>> "obey".
>>  Does that sense appear in Tanakh, as you read it?
>>
>> I mean this as a question about Biblical Hebrew, not theology.  Can we,
>> based on the way we find the root used in the text, say something useful
>> about the semantic range of this word in Biblical Hebrew?
>> Thanks!
>> Dana Densmore
>>
>> It is my understanding that this is the primary use of the word, namely
> active listening.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
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