Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

I am not a fan of biblical "mistakes" and emendations.
It appears to me that (B+Y+, עבטיט consists of AB עב 'thick',  
and +Y+ טיט 'matter, substance, loam', as in Is. 41:25.
King James translates (B+Y+ עבטיט of Hab. 2:6 as 'thick clay',  
but the American Standard Version puts it as 'pledges', apparently  
seeing the word as an (inventive? playful?) variant of the ABO+  
עבוט 'pledge, thing of substance or value' of Dt. 24:11.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 1, 2011, at 1:39 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

> I read Hb 2:6 and see that the last word in the verse is (B+Y+.
> I know the word TXTYT, bottom (Ez 31:14) meaning *lowest, the  
> lowest place*.
>
>
> I'm wondering if (B+Y+ is a mistake for (B+yT...
> If not, may we speak of the suffix -Y+ (yod-teth)?
> Or should we rather think of a yod plus a doubling of the last root
> consonant of the basic )B+ (ayin, beth, teth)?
>
> Kind regards from
>
>
> --
> Pere Porta
> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)
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