[b-hebrew] Stress Lengthening of vowels in Pre-Exilic Hebrew

David Hamuel davidhamuel at sbcglobal.net
Fri May 22 13:16:44 EDT 2009



> About the first of these Blau wrote (slightly adapted....

From? 

> - in isolated form qu'to:l or q'to:l eg. lashu'mo:r or lash'mo:r - "to
> guard"

> My own feeling based on comparative evidence including Samaritan
> Hebrew

Samaritan Hebrew: lišmår


> - in construct form qu'tul or q'tul eg. shumur ha'ish  or shmur ha'ish
>  - "the guarding of/by the man"?

> Again, $mvr.

Samaritan Hebrew (e.g. Deuteronomy 7:9): šā˚mår



Best,

David Hamuel
Type Designer 
Biblical Hebrew, Grammar & Cantillation Expert

Los Angeles, CA — USA



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