בְּגַפּוֹ Ex. 21:3
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:01 pm
We read there
אִם בְּגַפּוֹ יָבֹא בְּגַפּוֹ יֵצֵא אִם בַּעַל אִשָּׁה הוּא וְיָצְאָה אִשְׁתּוֹ עִמּוֹ
NIV: "If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him"
KJV: "If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him"
with בְּגַפּוֹ = ב-גף-הוּא being from the root גף, a member of the root family
גב, גו, גףהב
חב, חף
כב, כו, כף
קב, קו, קף
אגב, עגב, אגף
אהב, אכף
עקב, עקף
כאב
Thus, בְּגַפּוֹ is בְּגַבּוֹ, בְּגֵווֹ, בְּגוּפוֹ, 'by his own body only'.
In Prov. 9:3
עַל גַּפֵּי מְרֹמֵי קָרֶת
KJV: "upon the highest places of the city"
NIV: "from the highest point of the city,"
גַּפֵּי is obviously גַּבֵּי
Isaac Fried, Boston University
אִם בְּגַפּוֹ יָבֹא בְּגַפּוֹ יֵצֵא אִם בַּעַל אִשָּׁה הוּא וְיָצְאָה אִשְׁתּוֹ עִמּוֹ
NIV: "If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him"
KJV: "If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him"
with בְּגַפּוֹ = ב-גף-הוּא being from the root גף, a member of the root family
גב, גו, גףהב
חב, חף
כב, כו, כף
קב, קו, קף
אגב, עגב, אגף
אהב, אכף
עקב, עקף
כאב
Thus, בְּגַפּוֹ is בְּגַבּוֹ, בְּגֵווֹ, בְּגוּפוֹ, 'by his own body only'.
In Prov. 9:3
עַל גַּפֵּי מְרֹמֵי קָרֶת
KJV: "upon the highest places of the city"
NIV: "from the highest point of the city,"
גַּפֵּי is obviously גַּבֵּי
Isaac Fried, Boston University