[b-hebrew] hatuf patah under the lamed (LHBDYL) in Gen 1, 18 and Lev 10, 10

Isaac Fried if at math.bu.edu
Mon Mar 2 08:24:57 EST 2009


Laurent,

It is possibly a mistake or a deviant. My Hebrew bible from school  
has a schwa under the L in both Genesis and Leviticus, and it is so  
also in the on-line bible of mechon-mamre at http://www.mechon- 
mamre.org/i/t/t0.htm
Of course anything can be explained one way or another.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Laurent Pinchard wrote:

> dear Isaac,
>
> would you know why in Gen 1,18 we have a hatuf patah under the  
> lamed (LHBDYL), which I don't understand: this semi vowel never  
> appears under lamed as a preposition. Note that I have this from  
> the BHS edition. Interestingly Leviticus 10,10 also mentions the  
> same lamed with hatuf patah on the same word. Elsewhere any word  
> starting with W(shuruk)LH-- would have as anticipated a patah or a  
> shewa. Is this hatuf patah under the lamed a mistake? if not what  
> is the rationale ?
>
> laurent
>
>



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