To: Jonathan Mohler <jonathan.mohler AT gmail.com>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex 6:6 hiphil imperative 'bring'
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:05:14 -0600
Hi Jonathan,
Thank you for a very full and clear explanation, and one with which I think I mostly agree. However, though I was tracking with you pretty well, you got me scratching my head with that last paragraph:
"In Exodus 8:1 The imperative "let my people go" שַׁלַּ֥חshallachis a causative of "go" halach
I don't know if you meant that $LX is in the same semantic field as HLK and thus serves as kind of synonym for HLK, but שַׁלַּ֥ח is simply a Piel imperative of $LX. So, nothing mysterious going on here.