Nir:
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat.
<[email protected]>wrote:
> dear karl,
>
> you consider WY$TXW and H$TXWH as representing two different roots. i
> suspect
> that this interpretation is incorrect: i consider them the same root,
> except
> that a final H in WY$TXW was dropped by apocope, as is the rule in all the
> LH-irregular roots, in the ("short") wayiqtol form: WYR), WYBK etc.
>
Whoops, I see I was a little too quick in answering, gave wrong examples.
I’ve got to stop this remembering something, then looking quickly to get
verse numbers.
Look at Genesis 27:29 there is both WY$XW and WY$XWW for plurals, and in
Genesis 43:28 there’s WY$TXW. Both cases, the Masoretes gave an assumed
Qere for a Kethiv, is there any evidence from the DSS that the Qere is
correct? If not, then stick with the Kethiv.
>
> this said, i must admit that i find it difficult to accept XWH as root,
> as the essence of the verb is the bowing down, $XH, and not the hand
> gesture, XWH. and, so, i suggest that the extra W was added at some
> point as the correct hitpael form, H$TXH, sounded too odd, or was
> confounded with other words.
>
$XH is found in Isaiah 51:23 and Proverbs 12:25 in binyanim other than
Hithpael,
(a few hours after I started writing this response)
The more I look at this, the more questions I have, and the more I question
both what I’ve been taught as well as what conclusions I had reached
earlier based on looking at my copy of a concordance and the text.
There is a verb %XH meaning to swim.
There’s another one $XX meaning to bring down.
Is there such a root as $XH? Without points, the consonantal forms of $XY,
Y$TXW can be either from $XH or $XX, so is there even a need for a root
such as $XH?
Questions, questions, questions — oh for a native speaker to interview …!!
Anyways, is appears that the root $XWH has the meaning “to give obeisance”
both in honoring men and in worshipping God.
>
> best
> nir cohen
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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