The Dynamism of Desire: the root ḥmd in relation to the root ʼwh
A corpus-based semantic analysis of verbal forms of the roots ʼwh and ḥmd indicates that, although the original distinction between the roots may have become somewhat blurred, a fairly consistent pattern is still discernible; it suggests that the verb form of the lexical root ʼwh refers to a desire...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-284 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Desire
/ Hebrew language
/ Word stem
/ ḥmd
/ ʾvh
/ Verb
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Desire
greed
human needs
Tenth Commandment
root ḥmd
root ʼwh
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| Summary: | A corpus-based semantic analysis of verbal forms of the roots ʼwh and ḥmd indicates that, although the original distinction between the roots may have become somewhat blurred, a fairly consistent pattern is still discernible; it suggests that the verb form of the lexical root ʼwh refers to a desire that arises from basic human needs (hunger, thirst, etc.), whereas the verb form of the lexical root ḥmd denotes a desire that stems from greed. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341268 |