You are right, except that Hebrew is not made up of "prefixes". This
form starts with the attached personal pronoun (identity marker,
alias) HI- for the performer of the act, and includes the internal
personal pronoun -I- (short for HI) for the target of the act.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Pere Porta wrote:
Dear Sébastien,
yes, prefix "hi" is, so to say, the usual form of the hiphil prefix
for
"normal" verbs.
And so, in Is 49:1; Lv 14:46 or Rt 4:14.
But........ there are plenty of "exceptions" i.e. many cases to
which this
general rule does not apply.
For instance:
--1. With verbs of first guttural, the prefix is "he" (vowel
segol): look at
Ex 16:18 (here we find two samples); 1Ki 12:11; Gn 45:26; Js 10:35
and so
on.
--2. Regarding the Infinitive, the prefix is often "ha": Ps 8:3; 2Ch
25:19; Pr 8:21; Jr 3:15...
Is this enough for you?
Kind regards,
Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
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