Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Talk about fiction, since when are your made up etymologies evidence?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

It is a variant of the roots

הבר

חבר, חור, חפר

כבר, *כור

כפר

קבר

HBR; XBR, XWR, XPR; KBR, *KWR; KPR; QBR

of the basic meaning 'pileup, cover, overlap, hide', and by implication 'large, huge', as the כביר KABIYR of Is. 16:14, of Is. 17:12 and of Job 15:10. Also the כפיר KPIYR, 'mature lion', of Judges 14:5. Also the כפור KPOR, 'hoarfrost', of Ps. 147:16. Also the act QABAR, 'bury, cover with earth'. 

Isaac Fried, Boston University 

On Dec 17, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Philip wrote:

Dear Listees,

does the way the word, וְכִפֶּר in MT (CV) Dt 32:43 is rendered represent emphasis of this word?

Deuteronomy 32:43, MT

עַמּוֹ אַדְמָתוֹ , וְכִפֶּר לְצָרָיו הַרְנִינוּ גוֹיִם עַמּוֹ, כִּי דַם-עֲבָדָיו יִקּוֹם; וְנָקָם יָשִׁיב