[b-hebrew] CV syllables, was music in Hebrew
Uri Hurwitz
uhurwitz at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 29 11:32:46 EST 2006
Yitzhak Sapir wrote, inter alia:
..." In any case, Modern Hebrew has no
genetic relation to any earlier form of Hebrew but is a
resurrected language."
I repeat your words: NO genetic relation to any earlier form of Hebtrew ??!!
come on! UH
He also mentioned that Rochelle Altman said that "the Masoretes had tin ears"..
I too noticed this statement in an earlier post of hers. Now, it is a fact that
that they introduced marks for half vowels into their vowelling system -- the "chatafim" -- for the guttorals. Without discussing this innovation in details, let me say this indicates the opposite of "tin ears", rather a sharp auditory perception.
In Arabic vowelling the 'skun', or quiescent Shewa, serves also guttorals.
Uri
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