BDB Tagging

Christian Alexander
Christian Alexander Member Posts: 746
edited November 21 in English Forum







In BDB Complete the word תֵּט is found under Qal and Prov 4:5 and 4:27 is referenced there (also in Gesenius 18th edition which I have in book form). When I look at the tagging in those to verses there is a difference. In Prov 4:5 it is Yiqtol Qal Jussive and in Prov 4:27 Yiqtol Hifil Jussive. I'm still learning Hebrew, so I wanted to understand why there is a difference.

 

Prov. 4:5 קְנֵ֣ה חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה בִינָ֑ה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְאַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

Prov. 4:27 אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול הָסֵ֖ר רַגְלְךָ֣ מֵרָֽע׃

 

BDB:

Qal 137 Pf. 3 ms. ‏נ׳‎ Gn 33:19 +; 3 fs. ‏נָֽטְתָה‎ Nu 22:33; 2 ms. ‏נָטִיתָ‎ Ex 15:12; 3 pl. ‏נָטוּ‎ ψ 21:12, Is 45:12, נָטָ֫יוּ ψ 73:2 Qr, etc.; Impf. ‏יִטֶּה‎ Jb 15:29, juss. ‏יֵט‎ Zp 2:13; ‏וַיֵּט‎ Gn 12:8 +, ‏וַיֶּט־‎ Gn 26:27 +; 3 fs. ‏תִּטֶּה‎ Jb 31:7, ‏וַתֵּט‎ Nu 22:23 +; 2 ms. juss. ‏תֵּט Pr 4:5, 4:27; ...

Hiph. ...







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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,682

    BHW 4.18 has Hifil but my other Hebrew bibles have Qal (LHB, BHS, BHS/WIVU). Could be a mistake in BHW, but I'm not a Hebrew expert.

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  • HJ. van der Wal
    HJ. van der Wal Member Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭

    BHW 4.18 has Hifil but my other Hebrew bibles have Qal (LHB, BHS, BHS/WIVU). 

    AFAT (Andersen-Forbes) and BHt (Richter) also have Qal.

    Nevertheless BHW is not completely alone: the NET Bible notes and the Dictionary of Classical Hebrew also analyze תֵּט in Prov. 4:27 as a Hif'il form.