Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

David:

Thanks, that is the answer I am leaning towards. The reason I raised
the question is because not only the meaning, though the idea of “my
mother’s sons” being upset with the woman is somewhat of a stretch,
but the form that it is found seems to fit with it being a Qal or Piel
form. Therefore my question if there were evidence from cognate
languages? Apparently not.

I checked the LXX and each time NXR B- is found, it is translated
differently. Apparently as early as the LXX the meaning was not clear.

Thanks again.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM, David Hamuel<davidhamuel AT sbcglobal.net> 
wrote:
>
>
>> 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
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>
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