לֻקְחָה Gen. 2:23

[Isaac Fried]

Gen. 2:23לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻקְחָה זֹּאת
NIV: "she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man."
where לֻקְחָה = ל-הוּא-קח-היא, and where the internal PP הוּא, 'he', and the final PP היא, 'she', are both for the just created woman: the beneficiary of the act act לקח, 'take'.

Similarly, in Gen. 4:26
וּלְשֵׁת גַּם הוּא יֻלַּד בֵּן
NIV: "Seth also had a son"
where יֻלַּד = י-הוּא-לד, and where the internal PP הוּא, 'he', refers to the son: the beneficiary of the act ילד.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

[Isaac Fried]

What calls our attention to לֻקְחָה is the use here of the internal PP הוּא for the taken woman, instead of an external נִי NIY in the equivalent form נִלְקְחָה =נִ-לקח-היא.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

[Isaac Fried]

The verbal form XUXX seems to be liked in Genesis. We find it again in Gen. 3:19
עַד שׁוּבְךָ אֶל הָאֲדָמָה, כִּי מִמֶּנָּה לֻקָּחְתָּ
where לֻקָּחְתָּ = ל-הוּא-קח-אתה is in contrast with שׁוּבְךָ = שוּב-אכה, in which אכה, 'you', is used in place of אתה.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

[Isaac Fried]

There is no מִכֵּר MIKER form for the act מכר, 'sell', yet we notice 2:Ki. 2:7
וַיֹּאמֶר לְכִי מִכְרִי אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶן וְשַׁלְּמִי אֶת נִשְׁיֵךְ
where מִכְרִי = מ-היא-כר-היא, with both the internal and external היא referring to the the woman.
Also Amos 2:6
עַל מִכְרָם בַּכֶּסֶף צַדִּיק
where מִכְרָם = מ-היא-ר-הם, with both היא and הם being the performs of the evil acts.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

[Isaac Fried]

Ah, it is rather מִכְרָם = מ-היא-כר-הם

Isaac Fried, Boston University

[Isaac Fried]

In Ex. 21:8
לֹא יִמְשֹׁל לְמָכְרָהּ
NIV: "He has no right to sell her"
לְמָכְרָהּ = ל-מכר-היא has a mapik in the closing ה, and this end היא is referring to the girl maid.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

[Isaac Fried]

In 2Sam. 1:10
כִּי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יִחְיֶה אַחֲרֵי נִפְלוֹ
NIV: "because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive"
נִפְלוֹ = נ-היא-פל-הוּא is with an internal היא and external הוּא both referring to King Saul.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

[Isaac Fried]

Here is another one. Jer. 29:21
מִקּוֹל נִפְלָם רָעֲשָׁה הָאָרֶץ
where נִפְלָם = נ-היא-פל-הם is with an internal היא and an external הם, 'they', both referring to the enemies of Israel.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

[Isaac Fried]

Today we have read in Gen. 12:15
וַתֻּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה בֵּית פַּרְעֹה
"and she was taken into Pharaoh’s palace."
Here וַתֻּקַּח = בא-את-הוּא-קח with both PPs את and הוּא referring to Saray.

Isaac Fried, Boston University