Favor: A Construction of Affection in Biblical Hebrew

The Biblical Hebrew idiomatic construction [X find favor in Y’s eyes] conveys positive attitude of the deity toward humans as well as of one human toward another. Whereas X is the syntactic subject, in the schematic meaning of the construction, [Y favor X], it is a passive recipient of favor that be...

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Main Author: Vardi, Ruti (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2015
In: Hebrew studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 56, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-69
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