At first, this looked like there were 3 causative stems, which confused me since normally there are only 2. But, I learned last week that the Piel can sometimes act as causative. This makes sense since the form with the hireq and sere is definitely Piel based on the vowel pattern and the dagesh in the shin. So this verb must be one of those whose Piel is causative rather than intensive. Interesting stuff. :)
Katie, I have a small lexicon from Baxter and Sons published in 1794 that gave me the translations of these forms. They list Ez.26:4 as a reference for this piel, but when I look at Ez. 26:4 I don't see it. I also checked Ez. 24:6 and 36:4, but don't see any forms of yashav. I am taking it that to dwell or sit intensly could be considered being caused remain. Your guess would be better than mine at this point. I'm still struggling to get my mind to get back into Hebrew. I'm getting there, but struggling. shalom, --- marty ---
That Ezekiel 26:4 reference is puzzling. I looked at that verse and the surrounding verses in both the Hebrew and the English, and neither of them show any reference to yashav, sitting, or remaining.
Ezekiel 25:4 seems to be the reference meant. The vowel is a swa rather than a sere, however, with a 3mp suffix. The reference speaks of "setting up" camps. You could say, "they will cause their camps to remain."
That makes sense that the sere would change to a sheva, that's common for the piel perfect. The only form where it has the sere is 3ms, the rest of the vowels follow the qal (except for the hireq under the 1st consonant of the root).
At first, this looked like there were 3 causative stems, which confused me since normally there are only 2. But, I learned last week that the Piel can sometimes act as causative. This makes sense since the form with the hireq and sere is definitely Piel based on the vowel pattern and the dagesh in the shin. So this verb must be one of those whose Piel is causative rather than intensive. Interesting stuff. :)
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ReplyDeleteI have a small lexicon from Baxter and Sons published in 1794 that gave me the translations of these forms. They list Ez.26:4 as a reference for this piel, but when I look at Ez. 26:4 I don't see it. I also checked Ez. 24:6 and 36:4, but don't see any forms of yashav. I am taking it that to dwell or sit intensly could be considered being caused remain. Your guess would be better than mine at this point. I'm still struggling to get my mind to get back into Hebrew. I'm getting there, but struggling.
shalom,
--- marty ---
That Ezekiel 26:4 reference is puzzling. I looked at that verse and the surrounding verses in both the Hebrew and the English, and neither of them show any reference to yashav, sitting, or remaining.
ReplyDeleteEzekiel 25:4 seems to be the reference meant. The vowel is a swa rather than a sere, however, with a 3mp suffix.
ReplyDeleteThe reference speaks of "setting up" camps. You could say, "they will cause their camps to remain."
I've made a note in my lexicon.
--- marty ---
That makes sense that the sere would change to a sheva, that's common for the piel perfect. The only form where it has the sere is 3ms, the rest of the vowels follow the qal (except for the hireq under the 1st consonant of the root).
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