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  • From: "Henry Churchyard" <churchh AT usa.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
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  • Subject: Re: waw-conjunctive
  • Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 21:14:35 -0500 (CDT)



From: "Greg Doudna" <gdoudna AT earthlink.net>

> Do you have positive reason to suppose there was a pronunciation
> difference between waw-consecutive and waw-conjunctive, we-yqtl and
> wayyiqtol, at the time of the Qumran texts? I sure don't know how
> one could answer the question based on Qumran orthography alone.

You're right as far as Qumran orthography goes; look at Chapter 4 of my
dissertation, downloadable from http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/ ; the
direct link is http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/bigpersonal/c1-4xcpt.zip
(ZIP-compressed Adobe Acrobat PDF file).

--
Henry Churchyard churchh AT usa.net http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/



  • waw-conjunctive, Greg Doudna, 05/01/2001
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: waw-conjunctive, Henry Churchyard, 05/01/2001

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