Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

Karl,

I think that your assumption that the word in Hos 11,1 may be from the root
HBH is not well based.
Remark: when they take the suffix of 3rd person masc. sing., verbs
lamed"heh (nowadays called lamed"yod) take the suffix NW.
Take a look at http://www.oham.net/out/PS-d/PS-d0071.html
Concerning 11:4, I think that the word is clearly a singular feminine =
love.

Friendly,

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)

2012/5/1 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

> Dear List Members:
>
> I have been reading through Hosea, and I have to admit that at least in
> parts this is some of the most difficult Hebrew with which I have wrestled.
> I’ll admit that in the past I have been lazy and skimmed through the book,
> just recognizing that there was just too much I did not understand. As a
> result, this time has been a long, slow slog.
>
> Hosea 11:1 and 11:4 both have אהבה )HBH—even the ancient translators of the
> LXX translated those as “love”, but is that accurate? Or are they both from
> a verb הבה HBH? The contexts of both fit the understanding that they are
> first person singular Yiqtol verbs. As such, the forms fit either הבה HBH
> or אהב )HB. Which root do the contexts and meanings best fit?
>
> This brings up a second question, namely is there any evidence from Tanakh
> for the root יהב YHB? Yes, it is found in Aramaic, several times in both
> Daniel and Ezra, but what about Hebrew? In Psalm 55:23 is found the only
> example that might be cited, but context indicates that this example should
> be read as a Yiqtol third person singular with a second person singular
> object suffix, therefore this example is not evidence. All the other
> examples indicate that the verb should be הבה HBH, הוב HWB or possibly הבב
> HBB.
>
> The next question after that, what is its definition? I’ll leave that to
> another discussion.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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Pere Porta