Noll, S;
(2019)
A Re-examination of D-H-M in the Meṣad Ḥashavyahu Ostracon (KAI 200).
Journal of Semitic Studies
, 64
(2)
pp. 353-361.
10.1093/jss/fgz023.
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Abstract
Although the contents of the seventh-century bce letter found on ostraca fragments at Meṣad ḤAshavyahu are relatively well understood, the proposed interpretation of one word has been too quickly accepted and should be challenged. This is the interpretation of graphic, in line 14, as a form of graphic, which is said to mean ‘be silent’. The association with graphic is not a foregone conclusion, however, and a survey of the biblical corpus demonstrates that a connection between II-graphic and II- graphic roots is exceptional rather than the norm. Furthermore, the existence of the root graphic is itself uncertain, and the claim that it means ‘be silent’ is questionable rather than established. Finally, the only biblical use of the root graphic, in Jer. 14:9, seems to have similar connotations and should be used to help interpret graphic in the letter.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Re-examination of D-H-M in the Meṣad Ḥashavyahu Ostracon (KAI 200) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jss/fgz023 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgz023 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060123 |
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