lʾ and ʾyn in nominal clauses

lō(ʾ) and ʾēn both operate as negators in Biblical Hebrew nominal clauses. Their distribution has not been thoroughly investigated yet. In this article the author shows that the question of when l¯(») and when »÷n are used can be answered by differentiating the nominal clause types according to the morphological quality of the predicate and the determination degree of the subject

Kognitive Linguistik und Althebräische Lexikographie

Cognitive linguistics has developed especially in the field of semantics. This contribution examines the relevance of certain aspects of this new and increasingly important linguistic field for Classical Hebrew lexicography. Taking the lexeme ʾakhî as an example, it aims to demonstrate how the new insights that have been gained into the complex structure of taxonomical categories can help to prevent incorrect entries, and, how word content, traditionally indicated by glosses, can be described adequately