Verbal Profile: הג"ה

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Basic Senses

DCH

Basic Sense: Moan 1. of animals, growl, of lion; moan, as dove
2. moan, groan, in mourning
3. utter, speak.
4. meditate (on)
5. imagine, plot.

HALOT

1. animals: a) to coo (pigeon); b) to growl (lion)
2. human beings: a) to utter a sound; b) to moan, c) to read in an undertone; d) to mutter while meditating; e) to plot; f) to speak, proclaim

BDB

1. of inarticulate sounds:
a. growl, of lion growling over prey; b. groan, moan, in distress
2. utter
3. a. (soliloquize) meditate, muse,; b. imagine, devise,

Conjugation

Josh 1.8: weqatal
Isa 8.19: Participle (Substantival)
Isa 16.7: yiqtol
Isa 31.4: yiqtol
Isa 33.18: yiqtol
Isa 38.14: yiqtol
Isa 59.3: yiqtol
Isa 59.11: inf. absolute, yiqtol
Isa 59.13: inf. absolute
Jer 48.31: yiqtol
Psa 1.2: yiqtol
Psa 2.1: yiqtol
Psa 35.28: yiqtol
Psa 37.30: yiqtol
Psa 38.13: yiqtol
Psa 63.7: yiqtol
Psa 71.24: yiqtol
Psa 77.13: weqatal(?)
Psa 115.7: yiqtol
Psa 143.5: qatal (preceded מִקֶּדֶם)
Job 27. 4: yiqtol
Prov 18.7: yiqtol
Prov 15.28: yiqtol
Prov 24.2: yiqtol

Binyan

Josh 1.8: qal
Isa 8.19: hiphil
Isa 16.7: qal
Isa 31.4: qal
Isa 33.18: qal
Isa 38.14: qal
Isa 59.3: qal
Isa 59.11: qal
Isa 59.13: qal; poel (?; see BDB)
Jer 48.31: qal
Psa 1.2: qal
Psa 2.1: qal
Psa 35.28: qal
Psa 37.30: qal
Psa 38.13: qal
Psa 63.7: qal
Psa 71.24: qal
Psa 77.13: qal
Psa 115.7: qal
Psa 143.5: qal
Job 27. 4: qal
Prov 18.7: qal
Prov 15.28: qal
Prov 24.2: qal

Grammatical Relations

Josh 1.8

Subject: Second Person Masculine Singular (‘you [m])
Object: ø
Oblique/Peripheral: בּוֹ֙ ‘in it [anaphora]’ (prep + 3ms suffix).

Isa 8.19

Substantival Participle

Isa 16.7

Subject: Second Person Masculine Plural ('Moab')
Object: ø
Oblique/Peripheral: לַאֲשִׁישֵׁ֧י קִיר־חֲרֶ֛שֶׂת ‘For the raisin-cakes of Qir-Ḥareseṯ'

Isa 31.4

Subject: הָאַרְיֵ֨ה וְהַכְּפִ֜יר ‘Lion and/or cub’.
Object: ø
Oblique/Peripheral: עַל־טַרְפּ֗וֹ ‘at the prey’.

Isaiah 59.13

Subject: First Person Common Plural (Israel?)
Object: דִּבְרֵי־שָֽׁקֶר׃ ‘words of a lie’ (viz., lying words)
Oblique: מִלֵּ֖ב ‘from a heart’

Semantic Roles (As Presented)

Joshua 1.8

Agent: Joshua
Stimulus: This Book of the Torah (via anaphoric pronoun)

Isaiah 16.7

Agent: Moab
Stimulus: Raisin Cakes of Qir Ḥareseṯ

Isaiah 31.4

Agent: Lion and/or Cub
Stimulus: His Prey

Isaiah 33:18

Agent: לִבְּךָ֖ ‘Your Heart’
Theme: אֵימָ֑ה ‘terror’

Isaiah 59.13

Agent: ‘We’ (Israel?)
Instrument/Source/Location: מִלֵּ֖ב ‘from a heart’
Theme: דִּבְרֵי־שָֽׁקֶר ‘words of a lie (viz., lying words)’

Psalm 77:13

Agent: וְהָגִ֥יתִי-Implicit ‘I’ (viz., the Psalmist)
Stimulus: בְכָל־פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ ‘All Your works’ OR ‘Every work of Yours’

Psalm 115:7

Agent: עֲֽ֭צַבֵּיהֶם ‘Their idols’ (v. 4)
Instrument: בִּגְרוֹנָֽם ‘With their throats’


Variations that Affect Semantic Roles

Joshua 1.8

Note: Stimulus is introduced by a preposition (‏‏וְהָגִ֤יתָ בּוֹ֙)

Isaiah 59.13

Note: Instrument/Source/Location introduced by preposition מִלֵּ֖ב

Psalm 115:7

Note: Instrument introduced by preposition bet בִּגְרוֹנָֽם ‘With their throats’. בְּ + body part usually indicates the semantic role ‘instrument’

Semantic Roles (Default)

Just write one thing after ALL Semantic Roles (As Presented)

Situation Type (As Presented)

Joshua 1:8

Activity
The command is to perform the action ceaselessly

Isaiah 8:19

Activity
Formally, this word is a verbal adjective modifying ידעונים. It is grouped with ‘chirping’ (מצפצפים) suggesting that the activity so named is only a component of the occult episode.

Isaiah 16:7

Activity
Parallel with ‘wailing’ (יל"ל)

Isaiah 33:18

Activity
The repetition of the question איה 'Where!?’ illustrates the non-telic nature of the situation type.

Psalm 77:13(12 Eng Translations)

Activity
In the previous verse the Psalmist called God's deeds to mind; in this verse he ruminates on them

Situation Type (Default)

The lexicons suggest ‘Activity’

Variations that affect Situation Type

If any are not activities, what makes them not so.

Mental-State Contexts

Joshua 1:8

Isaiah 16:7

Grief

Isaiah 31:4

Predatory

Isaiah 31:18

Terror

Isaiah 38:14

Bitterness