Thank you.
Michael Gerard Burke
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From: Yigal Levin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] כבדי
Mike, there is no such thing as "spelled exactly as written here", since you
did not include the niqqud, or "vowel points".
In general, the word KBD has a general meaning of "heavy", and it has an
extremely wide semantic range in both modern and ancient Hebrew. The meaning of
"impaired" comes from Moses' being described as "kevad-peh ukevad lashon",
"heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue", which is taken to mean that he was
speech-impaired. Modern Hebrew has expanded this, using the same "heavy" for
"heavy of hearing" and so on. The form KBDY that you asked about is the plural
construct.
Another meaning of KBD, in both biblical and modern Hebrew, is "honor" or
"respect", which can be used in many different ways. The form KBDY might be
vocalized as "kabdi" – respect me, again, in either biblical or modern Hebrew.
Yigal Levin
From:Mike Burke [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:19 AM
To: Yigal Levin; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] כבדי
In this case, there is no particular reference.
I'm merely interested in the word's range of meaning, and whether it's changed
over time.
What I should have asked was whether this word (spelled exactly as written here
כבדי) means "impaired" in modern Hebrew, and whether it once meant "honored" in
ancient Hebrew?
If you could answer that question, I'd appreciate it.
Michael Gerard Burke
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From:Yigal Levin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] כבדי
Mike, if you really want answers to questions like this, you’re going to have
to give us the reference.
Yigal Levin
From:[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Burke
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [b-hebrew] כבדי
Does כבדי mean impaired?
Michael Gerard Burke
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