Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

pere,

the first association of a native hebrew speaker would be the reading
of (B+Y+ as two words: (B and +Y+. the combination would then roughly
mean: thick mud. 

the second association is (BW+, kind of mortgage. but then the formation
with final Y+ is, at the least, odd. odd, but not unthinkable. for example,
we have gb$ --> gb$w$, xr+ --> xir+w+, $gr --> $gryr, 
sr+ --> sir+w+, qmc --> qmcwc, zrzyf, tblwl, xr$y$,  
$blwl, $pryr, ($twt, xlq --> xlqyq, xmwc --> xmcyc, 
qrpyp, pirxax... 
(not all of them biblical).

maybe the misterious Ch 2:6 has both in mind: a person who 
(accumulates property?) (drinks?) gets into mortgage which 
ends up weighing upon him like heavy mud. 

??????

nir cohen

>> De: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
Para: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Data: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 07:39:34 +0200Is it a
Assunto: [b-hebrew]  mistake?
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