Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

Dear Sébastien,

yes, prefix "hi" is, so to say, the usual form of the hiphil prefix for
"normal" verbs.
And so, in Is 49:1; Lv 14:46 or Rt 4:14.
But........ there are plenty of "exceptions" i.e. many cases to which this
general rule does not apply.

For instance:

--1. With verbs of first guttural, the prefix is "he" (vowel segol): look at
Ex 16:18 (here we find two samples); 1Ki 12:11; Gn 45:26; Js 10:35 and so
on.
--2.  Regarding the Infinitive, the prefix is often  "ha": Ps 8:3; 2Ch
25:19; Pr 8:21; Jr 3:15...

Is this enough for you?

Kind regards,

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)



2011/3/4 Sébastien Louis <sebalou AT hotmail.com>

> I was about to ask another question about vowelization. I thought that
> hiphil was based on the prefix "hi". So why "hevenu" and not "hivenu"?
>
> Sébastien Louis
>
> > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:34:39 +0100
> > From: pporta7 AT gmail.com
> > To: George.Athas AT moore.edu.au
> > CC: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hiphil?
>
> >
> > But then......... how do we accord this vowelization with the right
> > vowelization of verbs ayin-waw we find in Gn 44:8 (verb "lashuv", Ex
> 4:21)?
> >
> > Pere Porta
> >
> > 2011/3/4 George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
> >
> > > Just about, Pere. I'd go for 'We have brought you peace'.
> > >
> > >
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-- 
Pere Porta