Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Angaben zur Quelle:
44,4 (2020) 711-732
Keywords:
Bible Language, style
;
Mercy Biblical teaching
;
Hebrew language, Biblical Terms and phrases
;
Hebrew language, Biblical Semantics
Abstract:
This article presents a new investigation of חסד, a much-discussed Biblical Hebrew lexeme. A short history of research reveals that the most influential studies of חסד lack a sound linguistic methodology. Cognitive linguistics, particularly frame semantics, provides a methodology that deliberately takes cultural and social knowledge into account. The meaning of חסד turns out to be an action or an event rather than an attitude. It can be described as ‘an action performed by one person for the benefit of another to avert some danger or critical impairment from the beneficiary’. This definition is then applied to some difficult passages which contain the lexeme חסד including Hos. 6.6 and Isa. 40.6 and arguably produces better readings.
DOI:
10.1177/0309089219862806
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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