Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

In my very humble opinion להגיד is a variant of להגיש 'to  
present, to place before, to put forward, to set forth in words'. It  
is also related, methinks, to להקיש
As I see it the initial ה (he) is for the actor, and the internal י  
(he) is for the words.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 2, 2010, at 6:26 PM, K Randolph wrote:
> Genesis 14:13 “a survivor came and went before Abram”
>
> Genesis 45:26 “They went before their father saying…”
>
> Genesis 47:1 “Joseph came and went before pharaoh and said…”
>
> Numbers 11:27 “And a young man ran and went before Moses and  
> said…”
>
> Deuteronomy 26:3 “And you will come unto the priest who will be in  
> those
> days and you will say unto him, ‘I am caused to come before YHWH  
> your God
> today, because I came unto the land…’”
>
> Judges 14:2 “And he ascended and went before his father and his  
> mother and
> he said, …”
>
> 1 Samuel 14:43 “…and Jonathan stood before him and said…”
>
> 1 Samuel 18:24 “And Saul’s servants went before him saying, …”
>
>
>
>
> > Why not say le-haggid means 'to communicate',
> > and be done with it?