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Re: FOrm of Khayah
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 15:00:22 EDT
From: PWEGNER@BROWNVM.brown.edu
Subject: Re: Form of Khayah
To: orion@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 12 Apr 96 10:16:36 PDT from
<netzarim@netvision.net.il>
>Thanks for the very informative and helpful information. I agree with
your
assessment. Still, confirmation from the scroll itself would help put the
question [of how to point yXyh] to rest.<
Hardly, since the text is presumably unvocalized. What puts the question
to rest is simply the facts of Hebrew grammar. In the Qal, X-y-h means
"to live"; in the pi'el, it has a transitive meaning which varies from
context to context: to revive, to infuse with life, to bring to life, to
resurrec, etc. --always depending on context. In the sentence you cited,
the verb has to be transitive or the sentence is meaningless and untranslatable
-- regardless of which translation best fits its context. More than this you
don't need here!
JRW, Providence