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  • From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
  • To: Joseph Brian Tucker <music AT riverviewcog.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: vav conversive
  • Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 15:45:09 -0400


At 03:15 PM 9/1/99 +0000, you wrote:

>1. Where did the tetra in tetragrammaton come from? Just the Greek?

yup. Its not a Hebrew word.

>
>2. If there was a miscontruing of the divine name, why was there not a
>misconstruing of elohim?

because the divine name is yahweh- and elohim is a title, not a name.

>
>3. What constitutes a word in hebrew?

??? what constitutes a word in any language... ideas expressed verbally.

>
>4. What is the best way to describe the difference between a root and a
>stem?

There is no difference. Just like there is no difference between
conjugating and parsing.


Best,

Jim

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