Two Instances of Language Contact in Isaiah 45:14

Scholars have identified two traces of loans originating from Aramaic and Akkadian in Isa. 45:14. In this article, I examine each of the proposed borrowings, offering further support for the first, but arguing for a different path from Aramaic into the Hebrew of Isa. 45:14 for the second. In doing...

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Main Author: Boyd, Samuel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2019]
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 401-418
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Jesaja 45,14
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Summary:Scholars have identified two traces of loans originating from Aramaic and Akkadian in Isa. 45:14. In this article, I examine each of the proposed borrowings, offering further support for the first, but arguing for a different path from Aramaic into the Hebrew of Isa. 45:14 for the second. In doing so, I add precision to the loan phonology of the lexeme as it relates to the sibilants involved and I call into question comparative evidence cited in Ludwig K.hler and Walter Baumgartner's The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament.
ISSN:1477-8556
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgz003