The present study is a componential analysis of two lexemes related to the negative pole of the CL of ‘health’ and ‘disease’ in AE: חל יִֹ֑ and מחֲַלֽהָ . These lexemes have been studied in all their occurrences through the LF: it was thus possible to identify heterogeneous variations in their use. The meaning of the first lexeme ( חל יִֹ֑ ) is normally reconstructable in the CA through the opposition of the lexemes in the identified dimensions, it also adapts itself as a designator id est to a specific circumstantial indication of diseases that is inferable from the context and from extra-biblical materials. The second lexeme ( ,(מחֲַלֽהָ on the other hand, maintains a generic use and retains an altogether general distinctive feature in every occurrence. The classes identified for both are: ‘physical state’ and ‘condition’, while the detected dimensions are ‘physiological’ and ‘cultic-behavioral’.
Un esempio di analisi componenziale dei lessemi חל יִ֑ e מחֲַלֽהָ afferenti al campo lessicale di 'salute' e 'malattia' in ebraico antico
Massimiliano Marrazza
2018
Abstract
The present study is a componential analysis of two lexemes related to the negative pole of the CL of ‘health’ and ‘disease’ in AE: חל יִֹ֑ and מחֲַלֽהָ . These lexemes have been studied in all their occurrences through the LF: it was thus possible to identify heterogeneous variations in their use. The meaning of the first lexeme ( חל יִֹ֑ ) is normally reconstructable in the CA through the opposition of the lexemes in the identified dimensions, it also adapts itself as a designator id est to a specific circumstantial indication of diseases that is inferable from the context and from extra-biblical materials. The second lexeme ( ,(מחֲַלֽהָ on the other hand, maintains a generic use and retains an altogether general distinctive feature in every occurrence. The classes identified for both are: ‘physical state’ and ‘condition’, while the detected dimensions are ‘physiological’ and ‘cultic-behavioral’.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
