VERSE: Gn47-13b L-A-H means EXHAUSTED/BURDENED/WEARY


VERY BRIEF SUMMARY

Gn47-13 should be translated
-- And Egypt got EXHAUSTED (seeking food) from the famine
Here the Hebrew root Lamed-Aleph-Hey should be translated
as EXHAUSTED. In reviewing this verse we will find an
interesting 4 way controversy between Rashi-Rav-Sadia and
Radack and Ibn Ezra. However it will appear reasonable to
unify these views.

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:         GRAMMARr
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:      CONJUGATION
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TODAYS RASHI RULE

One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain grammar the
same way modern dictionaries explain grammar. One very
important function of grammar is to explain conjugation
of verbs. Rashi will especially comment on roots with
several weak letters as the rules for conjugating these
roots are obscure

TODAYS LISTS

We present two lists.

The first list is GRAMMATICAL and derived from Al Silbermans
Grammatical Form Konkordance---we show roots obeying this
conjugation form*10

The 2nd list is SEMANTICAL--& explores the meaning of LAH

Here is the first list:

These are the roots
that have the form VaTayTaH (Patach-Tzaray-Patach)

The Roots L-A-H and L-H-H occur rarely. There are only
2 instances of L-H-H and only about a dozen of L-A-H.

The list below shows that L-A-H means
- exhausted
- weary
- burdensome

The two verses with the root L-H-H fit into this pattern.
Hence, Rashi and Rav Sadia suggest a unified meaning to
these two grammatical roots(L-H-H and L-A-H have the
same meaning).By contrast Radack and Ibn Ezra think that
L-H-H means CRAZY while L-A-H means WEARY.