Randall: According to a concordance, this word is listed under NCL נצל and is found in the niphal, hiphil, hophal and hitpael binyanim. The consonantal text allows for it to be read as a qal and is defective for a hiphil reading (a hiphil example is found in the next verse).
Karl W. Randolph. On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Randall Buth <[email protected]> wrote: > > The actual meaning of NCL is ‘to take away, often in order to > > protect’ and Reuben succeeded in doing that. > > I didn't know that natsal was a verb or that it > meant 'to take away ...'. > Would hitsil mean 'to cause to take away ...'? > And if hitsil only means 'to take away ...' > then what would *natsal mean? > > We do agree that Reuben succeeded, in any case. > > As the LXX translated, it was a done deal, > another wayyiqtol interpreted as perfective and > past. > > -- > Randall Buth, PhD > www.biblicallanguagecenter.com > www.biblicalulpan.org > Biblical Language Center > Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
