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This investigation was suggested by an article in the Revue biblique, OctoberS 1901 entitled ;'Le nom divin est-il intensif en H6breu ? " The author (M. Prat) of this paper sums up his argument by saying, that there is not a single certain example of the use of the divine name as an augmentative or superlative, and that it never forms an epithet, but is simply an objective or possessive genitive in every instance. In these conclusions the views of most of the leading grammarians and lexicographers are antagonized. Davidson1 maintains that "a kind of superlative sense is given to a word by connecting it with the divine name. Probably the idea was that Gkod originated the thing (as Arabic), or that it belonged to Him and was therefore extraordinary." Konig2 takes the same position. According to him the superla tive degree is expressed " durch Characteristik einer Erscheinung als einer dem Urtheile der Gkottheit entsprechendenX oder zu ihr in speGieller Beziehung stehenden (von ihr begrAndet, etc.)." The principal Hebrew lexicons 3 in discussing the words iS and ::riS advocate the same position as these grammarians Gkreen4 takes the opposite view as follows: "But in all such cases the

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Author

James A. Kelso

Published

1903

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)