Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Fortigurn <dixit-dominus AT thechristadelphians.org>]

Dear Yigal,

Thank you very much for the help, that clears the issue up for me. The 
modern translations I have looked at view the reference in Joshua 10:40 
as the Negeb, and the reference in Joshua 15:21 as simply 'southward'.

Jonathan Burke.

On 1/30/2011 2:16 PM, Yigal Levin wrote:
> Dear Jonathan,
>
> In general, you are correct, the final He is a locative suffix. Specifically, "Negeb" is the southern desert area of Israel, 
> and because of its southern position, "negeb" is often used as just meaning "south" even when the speaker is not 
> positioned north of the Negeb. And so "negbah" could mean "to the Negeb" or "southward". Which it is 
> depends of course on the context.
>
> Yigal Levin
>
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>
>
> First a disclaimer; I can't read Hebrew. I'm looking for confirmation of
> the meaning of an annotation in my interlinear (I've replaced the Hebrew
> text with the transliteration H, following this
> <https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/b-hebrew/2003-December/016900.html>
> guide).
>
> * Joshua 10:40: něḡěḇ, noun, proper, land, singular, feminine, normal,
> *definite with **H***
> * Joshua 15:21: něḡbā(h), noun, proper, land, singular, feminine,
> normal, definite *without* *H*, *locative* *H
> *
> Does this mean that H is being used as a kind of locative suffix? As I
> understand it, the difference between these two passages is that one
> refers to the specific geographical location known as the Negev, and one
> refers more generally to the 'south'.
>
> Jonathan Burke.
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