[b-hebrew] Mem in the Middle of the Word

K Randolph kwrandolph at gmail.com
Tue Jan 6 12:50:58 EST 2009


Avi:

So are Samuel and Kings written as summaries of chronicles.

Chronicles is unique in that it uses far more materes lexiones than any
other book in Tanakh. More also than the other books that you mentioned. 2
Chronicles 34:10 has BDQ used as a verb in the same way as modern Hebrew,
not like it is used in the rest of Tanakh. Like other post Exile books, it
is written in very simple Hebrew in the same manner as those who have
learned Hebrew as a second language, so in that regard it is not unique.

John Steven started this thread asking about infixed -M- and both examples
he pointed to are in Chronicles, my questtion then came up, is this a
feature common in Mishnaic Hebrew?

Has anyone made a study of Chronicles showing other signs of it being later
than the other books?

From the internal evidence that I notice, Chronicles, which I already knew
as one of the last books, appears to postdate all other books of Tanakh.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Avi Wollman <avi.wollman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Last book written ?! Aren't daniel, ezra\nechmia & esther later ? For sure
> it's written differently its Chronicles and by nature the style is
> different.
>
> Avi Wollman
>
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 7:04 AM, K Randolph <kwrandolph at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I looked at the two examples.
>>
>> One thing that comes to mind, I noticed that both occurrences are found in
>> Chronicles: could this be an example of early Mishnaic Hebrew? This was
>> the
>> last book of Tanakh that was written, in about 400 BC or slightly later.
>> Its
>> writing style is noticeably different from the earlier books. Was such a
>> mem
>> common in Mishnaic Hebrew?
>>
>> Karl W. Randolph.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Brak <Brak at neo.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Any thoughts anyone?
>> >
>> > B"H
>> > John Steven
>> >
>> > "He who makes a mistake is still our friend; he who adds to or shortens
>> > a melody is still our friend; but he who violates a rhythm unawares can
>> > no longer be our friend."
>> > -Ishaq Ibn Ibrahim 767-850 CE.
>> >
>> > "If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you
>> > behave."
>> > -Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
>> >
>> > "The difference between the intelligent man and the simpleton is not the
>> > correctness of their decisions, but rather the cunning sinner can more
>> > skillfully defend and justify his iniquity."
>> > - Rabbi Tovia Singer
>> >
>> >
>> > Brak wrote:
>> > > I need help with two words found in two places.
>> > >
>> > > 1chr 15:13 - word 2: <L:/MA/B.F/RI)$OWNFH>
>> > > 2ch 30:3 - word 11: <L:/MA/D.AY
>> > >
>> > > Is the root of the <MA> either <MIN> or <MFH>  as different sources
>> say
>> > > one or the other?
>> > >
>> >
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