(Kevin Buchs) > It seems to me that there are many *secrets *of the Holladay lexicon and > other lexicons which are not documented. Perhaps you can help me with these > questions. Reference the entry for nathan (NFTAN), in the 1988 edition > (13th > impression) on page 249. In the grammatical forms section (preceding > definition) there are entries for imperfects (impf.). The second one is > YIT.EN- . Does the ending meqqeph indicate that this is a form that only > appears with object suffixes? Additionally, I find myself asking regularly > if the listed grammatical forms are intended to be the exhaustive list of > Hebrew Bible uses or is it only a list of non-regular forms, which cannot > be > determined from my beginning text book (e.g. Seow). > > (Pere Porta)
1- The, so to say, usual form of the verb you mention is with vowel tsere: look for instance at Ruth 1:9 or at Pr 29:17. But whenever it is followed by maqqeph -and thus by another word- then the vowel is segol and not tsere: look at Ecc 6:2 or at 1K 2:17. 2. The maqqeph indicates that another word follows after it, making a group that is uttered and considered together, as Peter Tomasek said in his mail. This second word can be a pronoun or not: in Ecc 6:2 and 1K 2:17 it is a pronoun (but with preposition lamed); but in Job 36:31 it is followed by the noun: )OKEL Similarly could be said of Jb 37:10. Hearty, Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain) > Thank you. > Kevin Buchs > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > -- Pere Porta _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
