Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

No, "ba'adi" does not mean "me from" in modern Hebrew either. It could mean "for me". In general, I would be wary of using Google translate for anything but a very general idea of the meaning of phases.

 

Yigal Levin

 

From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of K Randolph
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 8:01 PM
To: Mike Burke
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] בעדי

 

Mike:

 

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com> wrote:

Why does Google translate offer "me from" as a possible tranlation of  בעדי ?

 

Beats me. It might be modern Hebrew.

 

Modern Hebrew is a very different creature from Biblical Hebrew—different grammar, different vocabulary, different spelling, different expressions, etc. I don’t know modern Israeli Hebrew, nor other cognate languages, hence my understanding of Biblical Hebrew is uncontaminated from such sources.

 

All I know is that such a use is never found in Biblical Hebrew. My answer is based on Biblical Hebrew, not other cognate languages. 

 

Michael Gerard Burke

 

Karl W. Randolph.