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  • From: Jerry Shepherd <jshepherd53 AT gmail.com>
  • To: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
  • 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 14:28:40 -0600

Hi Petr,
 
Thanks for pointing this out; yes, I should have made that observation.
 
Also, thank you for your observations on the work of the Masoretes; I believe I agree with you to a considerable extent.
 
Blessings,
 
Jerry

Jerry Shepherd
Taylor Seminary
Edmonton, Alberta
 


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz> wrote:
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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