Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

 Hi, list.

We have in Ex 18:1 noun XOT"N, father-in-law.
We have in 1Sa 18:18 XFTFN, son-in-law or daughter's husband.

It seems clear that both nouns are related: their consonants are the same
and appear in the same order....

I'm wondering whether there is a good reason for this:

Pattern of XOT"N is that of Qal Participle while pattern of XFTFN is that of
many Hebrew nouns (such as DFBFR, word (Gn 18:14) or ZFKFR, male in Gn
1:27).

Would the reverse equally have been possible?

Namely, that XOT"N would mean daughter's husband and XFTFN would mean
father-in-law...

Is there any reason for things having gone the way they have gone and not
the reverse way?

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)



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