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  • From: gfsomsel AT juno.com
  • To: bowick AT idirect.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Observations on verb forms
  • Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:01:48 -0500

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:57:17 -0500 "James Bowick" <bowick AT idirect.com>
writes:
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________

You forgot the hollow verb. (II-W/Y or (-W/Y)

george
gfsomsel




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