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  • From: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Jeremiah 17:9
  • Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:20:02 -0200

michael,

there is a fuzzy region which approximates each of the following quite
distinct words: "complicated, severe, deep, devious, pervert, sick,
not straight, entorted, entangled, without remedy, incurable." though
one word does not automatically translate for another.

both )NW$ and (QWB fit this fuzzy zone. (QWB is part of the BH
complex (QM-(QB-(QP-)KP that has to do with bending.

in modern hebrew )NW$ means plainly "seriously bad/complicated"
(rather than sick/pervert/entorted) and restricted to the two
expressions XWLH )NW$ "severely ill" and MCB )NW$ "seriously
bad situation". now, "severely ill, incurable, without remedy" are similar
translations for XWLH )NW$, but not necessarily for the isolate )NW$.

i do not know the origin of the noun )NW$ for "human" and
its connection with the same adjective. in other words,
do humans have to be so complicated?

nir cohen






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