LIST863k
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04
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List of verses with root IXL=HOPE, WAIT-HOPE, FORCED-TO-WAIT
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VERSE
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MODE
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MEANS
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TEXT OF VERSE-MEANING OF IXL CAPPED
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P119-49
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Active
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HOPE
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God Remember me since I HOPED*1 for you
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Gn08-12a
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Passive
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WAIT
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He was FORCED TO WAIT*2 7 more days
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Jb32-11
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Causative
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WAIT
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I WAITED-HOPED*3 for a response from you
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COMMENTS
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*1 The translation
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God Remember me since I HOPED for you
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sounds better than
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God remember me since I WAITED for you
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*2 Note the passive tense. The argument is like this.
- The dove left the ark and found an olive
- However it was still wet outside
- So the Dove preferred the ark (Better food, drier environment)
- So Noach was FORCED TO WAIT*10 (Passive) 7 more days
- At that time he sent the Dove out and she didnt return
*3 Notice how the translation reflects nuances of both
- WAIT
- HOPE
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*10 Rashi seems to say that IIXL is in the HITPAEL mode.
But no list justifies this.
In fact the conjugation YeeYaChel is the standard conjugation
for Yud-2-3 verbs. If you look in a standard Grammar book
(eg Ibn Shoshan, Tables 5,6) you will find the conjugation
YeeVaChel (With a Vav). But the alternate conjugation with
2 yuds does occur as Radak himself points out (cf.Ex19-13
for the conjugation YeeYaReh).
Let us summarize
- The lists all point to the fact that YeeYahChel is PASSIVE
- But Rashi seems to say that it is INTERACTIVE (Hitpael)
But this is no problem. Since we translate Gn08-12 as
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Although the Dove found an olive branch nevertheless
the Dove preferred to stay in the ark--hence Noach was
FORCED TO WAIT 7 more days before sending the Dove again
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Note how the passive---FORCED TO WAIT---also has
connotations of the interactive mode.
In other words when Rashi says
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YeeYaChel is Hitpael-(Interactive)
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-Rashi was NOT talking about the CONJUGATION of the word,
-Rather Rashi was talking about the MEANING of the word
That is, YeeYaChel which is clearly in the passive has
a meaning similar to the hitpael (FORCED TO WAIT).
I believe this approach completely clarifies this Rashi
It also shows the great utility in using lists.
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