Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

You are right, except that Hebrew is not made up of "prefixes". This  
form starts with the attached personal pronoun (identity marker,  
alias) HI- for the performer of the act, and includes the internal  
personal pronoun -I- (short for HI) for the target of the act.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

> 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)