Karl, I think that your assumption that the word in Hos 11,1 may be from the root HBH is not well based. Remark: when they take the suffix of 3rd person masc. sing., verbs lamed"heh (nowadays called lamed"yod) take the suffix NW. Take a look at http://www.oham.net/out/PS-d/PS-d0071.html Concerning 11:4, I think that the word is clearly a singular feminine = love.
Friendly, Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain) 2012/5/1 K Randolph <[email protected]> > Dear List Members: > > I have been reading through Hosea, and I have to admit that at least in > parts this is some of the most difficult Hebrew with which I have wrestled. > I’ll admit that in the past I have been lazy and skimmed through the book, > just recognizing that there was just too much I did not understand. As a > result, this time has been a long, slow slog. > > Hosea 11:1 and 11:4 both have אהבה )HBH—even the ancient translators of the > LXX translated those as “love”, but is that accurate? Or are they both from > a verb הבה HBH? The contexts of both fit the understanding that they are > first person singular Yiqtol verbs. As such, the forms fit either הבה HBH > or אהב )HB. Which root do the contexts and meanings best fit? > > This brings up a second question, namely is there any evidence from Tanakh > for the root יהב YHB? Yes, it is found in Aramaic, several times in both > Daniel and Ezra, but what about Hebrew? In Psalm 55:23 is found the only > example that might be cited, but context indicates that this example should > be read as a Yiqtol third person singular with a second person singular > object suffix, therefore this example is not evidence. All the other > examples indicate that the verb should be הבה HBH, הוב HWB or possibly הבב > HBB. > > The next question after that, what is its definition? I’ll leave that to > another discussion. > > Karl W. Randolph. > _______________________________________________ > 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
