Hosea13:2)–stet( ִכְּתבוָּנם

Abstract

ִכּ ְתבוּ ָנם This article responds to a recent article by Stuart Irvine, regarding MT ‘according to their understanding’ in Hosea 13:2. While Irvine argued that the form should be emended to ַת ְב ִני ָתם כְּ ‘according to their design’, the present essay notes parallels both from the domain of Hebrew morphology and from the world of Mesopotamian texts, which serve to support MT in this instance.