A Phantom Verb: Yuttan in Biblical Hebrew

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Journal of Semitic Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI:10.1093/jss/fgad011

Raanan Eichler

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Abstract

The verb נתן ‘to give’ is pointed as hophal eight times in the Bible. The scholarly consensus is that these occurrences were originally intended as qal-passive, and that there was no hophal נתן in original Biblical Hebrew. It is argued here that there was neither hophal nor qal-passive נתן in original Biblical Hebrew: these occurrences were originally intended as qal, their subjects were indefinite, and they were intuitively revocalized as hophal when the third-person singular indefinite subject fell out of use in Hebrew.

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一个虚幻的动词:圣经希伯来语中的Yuttan

动词“给予”在《圣经》中被指为hophal八次。学术界的共识是，这些事件最初是作为qal-被动的，并且在原始的圣经希伯来语中没有hophal。这里的论点是，在原始的圣经希伯来语中既没有hophal也没有qal-被动的(qal-):这些事件最初是作为qal出现的，它们的主语是不确定的，当希伯来语中第三人称单数不确定主语不再使用时，它们被直观地称为hophal。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Semitic Studies was established in 1955 and since then has built up a reputation as one of the leading international academic journals in its field. Semitic Studies has always been understood by the editors to include the modern as well as the ancient Near (Middle) East, with special emphasis on research into the languages and literatures of the area. The editors continue to maintain the policy of ensuring that each volume contains items of interest to Orientalists and Biblical Scholars. Extensive reviews of selected books, as well as general review notices, remain a feature of the Journal.