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More On Hlk 'L

More On Hlk 'L SHORT NOTES MORE ON HLK 'L Shalom M. Paul, VT 32 (1982), pp. 492-3, finds corroboration from the Akkadian for Arnold B. Ehrlich's view that the phrase hlk 'l, in Amos ii 7, refers to sexual intercourse. What escaped both of them is that this is indeed the interpretation given in the Targum of Jonathan ad loc., where it is rendered by the Aramaic 'zl (I. For as amply illustrated by S. Abramson,' 'zl (I as well as are used in talmudic and geonic literature for sexual intercourse.2 Thus the use of the Hebrew hlk (I, in Midrash Tanhuma, Noah 5, for mating may have been influenced by the verse in Amos rather than being, as Abramson assumes, a loan-translation from the Aramaic. As for the semantics of this denotation, Ehrlich's explanation, "hlk kann auch heissen, sich mit jemandem einlassen' ' , 3 is obvious- ly forced. Extending the sense of hlk to include the range of mean- ings represented by the German einlassen is unattested for the Hebrew hlk. His reference to Num. xxii 13 and to Prov. i 11, are not convincing since there the verb is followed by the preposition 't or (m and not by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

More On Hlk 'L

Bronznick, Norman M.
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 35 (1): 2 – Jan 1, 1985
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SHORT NOTES MORE ON HLK 'L Shalom M. Paul, VT 32 (1982), pp. 492-3, finds corroboration from the Akkadian for Arnold B. Ehrlich's view that the phrase hlk 'l, in Amos ii 7, refers to sexual intercourse. What escaped both of them is that this is indeed the interpretation given in the Targum of Jonathan ad loc., where it is rendered by the Aramaic 'zl (I. For as amply illustrated by S. Abramson,' 'zl (I as well as are used in talmudic and geonic literature for sexual intercourse.2 Thus the use of the Hebrew hlk (I, in Midrash Tanhuma, Noah 5, for mating may have been influenced by the verse in Amos rather than being, as Abramson assumes, a loan-translation from the Aramaic. As for the semantics of this denotation, Ehrlich's explanation, "hlk kann auch heissen, sich mit jemandem einlassen' ' , 3 is obvious- ly forced. Extending the sense of hlk to include the range of mean- ings represented by the German einlassen is unattested for the Hebrew hlk. His reference to Num. xxii 13 and to Prov. i 11, are not convincing since there the verb is followed by the preposition 't or (m and not by

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