Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ecc 4:3
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:59:53 -0500
1. The root (D ( עד ) appears to me to be a variant of (among
other) )Z ( אז ) and (Z ( עז ), expressing existence, and
corresponding to the English 'is'.
2. The root is extended by the addition of personal pronouns, or
identity markers.
3. The word (AD-EN of Eccl. 4:3 appears to me to be like the current
ADAYIN עדין, the Aramaic EDAYIN אדין (see Dan. 2:17) and the
Hebrew AZAY אזי (see Ps. 124:3), with the addition -EN to serve as
an identity marker for the occurrence for which (AD is used.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Dec 10, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Pere Porta wrote:
Then, this -HEN has to do, in your view, with the 3rd person plural
feminine personal pronoun?
If so, what does this -HEN add to the basic meaning of (D?