Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Michael:

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Michael Abernathy <mabernathy AT conwaycorp.net> wrote:

Brown Driver Briggs offers "in separation from" or "away from" as one definition of   בעד
So "from me" isn't all that unreasonable.

I don’t know where BDB got that definition, it’s not in Tanakh. Three days ago, I listed all 10 occurrences of בעדי B(DY found through an electronic search, and not one had the idea of “separation from” or anything similar. I have no idea from where they got their definition.

 

  However, I can't find any place where the Hebrew Bible uses it in that way. 
In fact, I see only two places where בעד is used, Jonah 2:7 and Job 6:22. Jonah 2:7 uses it to mean something like "around me" and
Job 6:22 uses it to mean "for me."

Those are two of the ten that I found. And those are the two translations that I found. 

Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy

Karl W. Randolph.