> While reading Song of Songs 1:6 I came across the verb NXR followed by
> an object signified with a B- prefix.
> The dictionaries I consulted say it is either a niphal of XRH “to
> become hot (in anger, heat of emotion, “hot under the collar”)” or HRR
> “to parch (hot & dry) hence to make (a voice) horse”. Neither seems to
> fit the context.
> I notice there are two other examples of NXR B-, in Isaiah 41:11 and 45:24.
> Other possible uses are Jeremiah 6:29, Ezekiel 15:4, Psalm 102:3 and Job
> 39:20.
> The dictionaries....
Which one?
Song of Songs 1:6 -- Radak: XRH; Even Shoshan (dictionary): XRH;
And compare Gesnius-Kautzsch, verbs ל"ה page 221, section 2 -- On Niph'al to
Olshausen or Stade: verbs ע"ע
Jeremiah 6:29, Ezekiel 15:4, Psalm 102:3 -- XRR, but without the horse ('to
make (a voice) horse”')
Isaiah 41:11 and 45:24 -- XRH
Best,
David Hamuel
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