On Lips and Tongues in Ancient Hebrew
This article traces the semantic development of the words śāp̄ah ‘lip’ and lāšon ‘tongue’ through Biblical, Late Biblical, Qumran, and Mishnaic Hebrew. Two semantic changes occupy the focus of this analysis: First, by the time of Mishnaic Hebrew, śāp̄ah had lost its meanings related to the lip’s ass...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Brill
2016
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Vetus Testamentum
Anno: 2016, Volume: 66, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 66-77 |
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Bibel. Altes Testament
/ Dead Sea scrolls, Qumrantexte
/ Mishnah
/ Ebraico
/ Sostantivo
/ śafah
/ lashon
/ Sematica
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | BH Ebraismo HB Antico Testamento HD Medio-giudaismo |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Ancient Hebrew
semantics
lip
tongue
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | This article traces the semantic development of the words śāp̄ah ‘lip’ and lāšon ‘tongue’ through Biblical, Late Biblical, Qumran, and Mishnaic Hebrew. Two semantic changes occupy the focus of this analysis: First, by the time of Mishnaic Hebrew, śāp̄ah had lost its meanings related to the lip’s association with talking, so that it should not be translated ‘speech’ in ambiguous contexts. Second, the semantic widening of lāšon to include the meaning ‘speech’ began to take place in Biblical Hebrew in the context of words from the realm of deceit. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Comprende: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301224 |