The Semantics of Fire in the Targumim
Aramaic has two words for fire: nūr and ʾiššā. Utilizing the targumim as a corpus and qualia roles for classification, this paper presents a clearer understanding of the lexical meaning for the two words. In the earliest targumim, ʾiššā is a natural kind governed by a sacred agent. The word nūr, ho...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2013
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Aramaic studies
Jahr: 2013, Band: 11, Heft: 2, Seiten: 149-166 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Aramäisch
/ Quelle
/ Aramäisch
/ Targum
/ esha
/ Semitistik
/ Feuer
/ Semantik
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| RelBib Classification: | TC Vorchristliche Zeit ; Alter Orient |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Aramaic
Targum
semantics
fire
qualia
nūr
ʾiššā
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| Zusammenfassung: | Aramaic has two words for fire: nūr and ʾiššā. Utilizing the targumim as a corpus and qualia roles for classification, this paper presents a clearer understanding of the lexical meaning for the two words. In the earliest targumim, ʾiššā is a natural kind governed by a sacred agent. The word nūr, however, is an artifactual kind with a profane agent and an explicit purpose. Since the two words share the same Formal Role (same physical substance), there is a degree of overlap which led at first to their interchangeability and later to the predominance of nūr. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Enthält: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-13110204 |