BMH as body language: a lexical and iconographical study of the word BMH when not a reference to cultic phenomena in biblical and post-biblical Hebrew W. Boyd Barrick. [Text]

Ch. 1. The Issue Ch. 2. The Cognate Evidence A. Semitic Possibilities B. A Greek Possibility C. Summary and Implications Ch. 3. The Hebrew Evidence A. Deuteronomy 33:29; 1QM 12.10 (and 19[1Q33].2 and 4QM[superscript b][4Q492] 1.3-4); and Sirach 9:2 B. Job 9:8b C. Micah 1:3 and Amos 4:13 D. Habakkuk 3:19 and 2 Samuel 22(Psalm 18):34 E. Deuteronomy 32:13a; Isaiah 58:I4a[beta]-b[alpha]; Sirach 46:9b; and 4QpsEzek[superscript b] 4.12 F. Isaiah 14:14a G. 1QIsaiah[superscript a] 53.9a H. 4QShirShabb(4Q492) 1.2.2 I. Summary Ch. 4. Possible Exceptions A. Micah 3:12b(Jeremiah 26:18b[beta]) B. Numbers 21:28 C. Ezekiel 36:2 D. 2 Samuel 1:19a and 1:25b Ch. 5. Final Thoughts A. Semantic Speculation B. Etymological Speculation C. Bearing on the Meaning of [actual symbol not reproducible] When a Reference to Cultic Phenomena.