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  • From: David Hamuel <davidhamuel AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] NXR a verb?
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:43:33 -0700 (PDT)



> While reading Song of Songs 1:6 I came across the verb NXR followed by
> an object signified with a B- prefix.

> The dictionaries I consulted say it is either a niphal of XRH “to
> become hot (in anger, heat of emotion, “hot under the collar”)” or HRR
> “to parch (hot & dry) hence to make (a voice) horse”. Neither seems to
> fit the context.

> I notice there are two other examples of NXR B-, in Isaiah 41:11 and 45:24.

> Other possible uses are Jeremiah 6:29, Ezekiel 15:4, Psalm 102:3 and Job
> 39:20.



> The dictionaries....
Which one?

Song of Songs 1:6 -- Radak: XRH; Even Shoshan (dictionary): XRH;
And compare Gesnius-Kautzsch, verbs ל"ה page 221, section 2 -- On Niph'al to
Olshausen or Stade: verbs ע"ע


Jeremiah 6:29, Ezekiel 15:4, Psalm 102:3 -- XRR, but without the horse ('to
make (a voice) horse”')
Isaiah 41:11 and 45:24 -- XRH



Best,

David Hamuel
Type Designer 
Biblical Hebrew, Grammar & Cantillation Expert

Los Angeles, CA — USA





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