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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Hebrew Forum <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Someone knows?
  • Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:53:20 -0400

Notice that in all these examples, to wit: qamtem, sartem, v'nastem, (all, by the way, with a "delayed" dagesh in the T), the performer of the act is also the receiver of the act. In HAMITEM of Nm. 17:6 the perpetrators of the act MWT are MO$EH and AHARON, while its "beneficiaries" are the people of Israel.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 18, 2011, at 1:47 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

Karl,

In a first approach I think you may be right.

1. Concerning the form -------> we have parallels of your proposed (hamtem)
form in

a. Nm 32:14: qamtem
b. Dt 9:16: sartem
c. Zc 14:5: v'nastem

2. Concerning the meaning:

Maybe we have here a construction similar (not identical!) to that in Dt
7:23 (v'hamam).

But I find here a problem; Karl.

In a context of death and destruction (see 16:35 and the preceding
verses).... isn't it more logical the meaning "you killed" -namely,
related to verb "MWT"- than any meaning related to verb HWM?


Remark: the LXX writes "apektágkate", you killed: in the 3rd century b.C.E
(2,300 years ago). they understood "HMTM" as being related to verb "MWT" and
not to verb "HWM".


Friendly,

Pere Porta





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