Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex 6:6 hiphil imperative 'bring'
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:08:58 +0200
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 01:59:17PM -0600, Jerry Shepherd wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> I think you've not correctly caught the difference the qal and hiphil of
> RWM. In the qal, the verb means to be high or to rise up. But in the
> hiphil the verb means to make a second object to be high or to raise it
> up. So for this particular verb, the hiphil works quite well as a
> causative. Indeed, it might be said that for this particular verb, in the
> qal stem it is intransitive, but in the hiphil it is transitive. This
> isn't always the case with all verbs, but with this particular verb it is.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Jerry
But you should probably mention that for the majority of cases if
the Qal is intransitive then its Hifʿīl is transitive.
P.T.
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