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  • From: Raymond de Hoop <rdehoop AT keyaccess.nl>
  • To: Trevor & Julie Peterson <06peterson AT cua.edu>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: YERUSHALEM
  • Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:25:04 +0100

Title: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: YERUSHALEM
At 30-12-2002 00:41 Trevor & Julie Peterson <06peterson AT cua.edu> wrote:

The Hebrew dual ending comes from -aym-; this diphthong was always lost in
BH, either contracted to long e or extended to ayi, with the stress on a.
Yes, the dual is one common place where this diphthong would have occurred,
but it is by no means the only. If there's any reliability to the notion
that m is part of the stem, then it seems to me that this being a dual
ending is an unacceptable option.

Shalom Trevor,

I would not dare to say I 've the solution to these questions. But aren't you suggesting that there is a diphtong ayi, where did they leave the "yod" in the consonantal YRW$LM, and did it belong to the stem? I do agree with you that the "mem" is part of the stem, but how did the Masoretes arive at the dual pronunciation "ayim"?

Kol tuv,
Raymond

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