Oath/Curse Formula: Biblical Hebrew

Christian Stadel

doi:10.1163/2212-4241_ehll_EHLL_COM_00000014

Oath/Curse Formula: Biblical Hebrew

Christian Stadel

Department of Hebrew Language and Sociolinguistics

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Biblical literature attests to a variety of curses, wishes for misfortune to befall one’s fellow. Except for the אָרוּר ʾå̄rūr curse, they were not formulaic, but phrased ad hoc. Oaths are phrases invoking God in order to validate a statement or a declaration of intent. Biblical Hebrew exhibits different oath formulae, but oaths need not be formulaic. Though in part syntactically elusive, many oaths can be explained as conditional self-imprecations.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics Online
Editors	Geoffrey Khan
Place of Publication	Leiden
Pages	915–916
Number of pages	2
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/2212-4241_ehll_EHLL_COM_00000014
State	Published - Aug 2013

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