Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Randall:

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Finally,
> > My understanding (I have not seen it in Hebrew)


Every time I had seen this transliterated into English, it was “Havenu
shalom …” which clearly is not a hiphil. I thought Sébastian had merely made
a typo when he wrote the transliteration “Hevenu …”


> is that this is
> > from the irregularly conjugated verb YHB,


Concerning this verb, it is used 22 times (according to a concordance) and
not once does it have the initial yod nor other indication that one should
be there. So where does the traditional root YHB come from?

This is also an example of why one needs to be careful about etymology:
there is a homograph HBH which has a different meaning, used in Genesis 11
and Exodus 1:10. It really should be listed separately from YHB.


>   Nor can the root y.h.b. explain the form. The imperative
> of this verb is used in BH as 'hab/hava/havi/habu' "give".
> (This verb, too, is used in a very well-known modern song,
> hava nagila "hey-c'mon, let's rejoice!".) And when
> haba is used in this idiomatic sense in BH it does not use the
> preposition `al 'on/upon' nor does it add an indirect-object
> suffix. So the suggestion was without any merit.
>

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> Randall Buth*
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> Karl W. Randolph.