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  • From: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "Shaf`el" in Hebrew?
  • Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:32:43 +0200

Peter Kirk wrote:
> $- takes patah also in Song of Songs 1:7 and perhaps Job 19:29,
> as well as twice in Judges 5:7. Also in Judges 6:17 it takes
> qamats before alef, in what looks like compensatory lengthening
> of patah (but segol is more common before alef).

Well, obviously Judges 5:7. But thank you for the example re:
Song of Songs 1:7. I originally thought it was inconclusive, but I
have no alternative explanation for it. Job 19:29 is also inconclusive
for me. But I guess in light of Song of Songs 1:7, nothing can be said
for the patah.

Thanks,
Yitzhak Sapir




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