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  • From: "James Bowick" <bowick AT idirect.com>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Observations on verb forms
  • Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:57:17 -0500

I am going back over my verb paradigms to get my parsing etc. down. Am I
right that if there is a verb with only two consonants of the root left in
the form, there only four basic possibilities in reconstructing the root:

1. It is a bi-consonental root and can be looked up as is.
2. The final He has dropped. This could only be true if the root has a
suffix.
3. An initial Yod or Nun has dropped. This could only be true if the
root
has a prefix.
4. The second and third letters are identical and have merged.

If I am right this whole thing has just gotten a fair bit easier. Could
someone confirm or deny this for me?

Thankyou

James Bowick





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