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  • From: Naama Zahavi-Ely <nxzaha AT wm.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Piel with Pronominal Suffix in Kelley's Grammar
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:37:28 -0500


Hello!

This is not a matter of the pronominal suffix; it can happen in any
situation where the
middle root letter of Piel has a vocal sheva -- that is, 3cp and 3fs, with or
without
pronominal suffixes.

I found the following cases:

Gen 43:2
Num 32:11
Num 32:12
Deut 32:21
Judg 9:24
1Kings 20:27
2Kings 3:25
2Kings 12:7
2Kings 12:15
Isaiah 23:2
Isaiah 62:9
Isaiah 64:10
Isaiah 65:1
Ezek 7:25
Ezek 7:26
Ezek 31:6
Ezek 43:26
Hosea 2:9
Hosea 3:5
Hosea 5:15
Hosea 7:10
Psalms 54:5
Qoh 7:28
Qoh 7:29
Lam 1:19
Esther 2:15
Esther 6:2
Ezra 1:6
Ezra 2:62
Ezra 9:11
Neh 7:64
Neh 12:27
2Chron 15:15

These come to 33 cases. The total number of Piel 3fs and 3cp I found (using
Bible Windows)
was 408; other than the 33 cases above, they either have both dagesh and
sheva, or have roots
with middle guttural letters that would not take a dagesh in any case. In
other words, most
cases of Piel do have a dagesh in the middle root letter even if that letter
has a sheva;
but one cannot use the dagesh as an infallible guide.

Best wishes,

Naama Zahavi-Ely
College of William and Mary
nxzaha AT wm.edu


George Athas wrote:

> I came across p.154 in Page Kelley's grammar and noticed the paragraph
> numbered (2) where
> Kelley gives a paradigm for 3cp Piel Perfect verbs with pronominal
> suffixes. Using the
> root BQS, he states that the qoph 'loses its dagesh forte because it is
> supported by a
> vocal sheva.'
>
> Can anyone find any examples of this in a biblical text?
>
> Many thanks.
> George Athas
> Dept of Semitic Studies,
> University of Sydney
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