Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>]

Karl may well be more-or-less correct. Certainly in modern Hebrew, each form 
is used with a slightly different connotation. But our corpus of text in 
Biblical Hebrew is so limited, that it is really impossible to know for 
certain whether the difference is in meaning, or in the different styles used 
by different authors living at different times, or even different dialects. 


Yigal Levin

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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is there any difference?

Pere:

Both words are derived from the same root, with the idea of being between,
among. Yet they have distinct meanings, as evidenced by Proverbs 2:3. Yes,
I see them as synonyms, but similar, not exactly the same.

בינה has the idea of understanding, insight that gets beneath the surface
appearances to deep understanding.

תבונה has the idea of understanding, but as seen in verses like Exodus
31:3, 35:31, Proverbs 24:3, this is practical understanding towards action,
such as making things. As such, such understanding is related to skill.

That’s my 2¢, anyone have any other ideas?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> We have in Pr 8:14 the noun BYNH
> We have in Dt 32:28 the noun TBWNH. Look also at Job 12:13.
> Now... I wonder if there is some real distinction between them concerning
> its meaning in our languages...
> Do they both mean "understanding"?
> Is the "understanding" of BYNH an understanding  different from that of
> TBWNH?
> Are they absolute synonims?
>
> Maybe our friend Karl Randolph, who is a lexicographer, can cast some light
> on this doubt?
>
> --
> Pere Porta
> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)
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