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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Yaakov Stein <yaakov_s AT rad.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Stress
  • Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 08:29:17 -0400

Yaakov,

1. We need to distinguish between what something actually is, and what something is merely "As a matter of fact so-called", as Dr. Reinhard G. Lehmann puts it.
2. An ulterior stress makes YAMAH = YAM-HI), into a 'lake, small sea' [in common use now but not found in the Hebrew bible], with the feminine pronoun ending HI) used I think for diminution, as in KAP, 'table spoon', versus KAPIT = KAP-HI)-AT, 'tea spoon'. Also in existence is YAMAH = YAM-HI), 'her YAM, her sea', with a mapik in the closing H.
3. In YAMAH = YAM-HI), 'to the sea, westward', the personal pronoun is for the sea itself in lieu of "he hayedi(ah".
4. In RIBAH = RIB-HI) the personal pronoun is for the addressee [address-he?], whereas in NA-LIN-AH and NA-$KIM-AH, of Song of Songs 7:12-13, both NA and HA are personal pronouns standing for the courting pair. [I don't think this NA is "nu hazeruz", as in the commonly heard from impatient children NU KBAR.]
In the form NA-$KIB-AH, 'we will lay her down', the initial NA is ) ANU for the speakers portending the act, and the last HI) is for the person intended to receive the benefit of the act.
In Song of Songs 7:13 we also find PARX-AH = PARAX-HI), 'bloomed', with HI) referring here to the vines themselves.
6. In Exodus 15:16 )EYMATAH = )EYM-ATAH = )EYM-AT-HI), the final pronoun ATAH [or the compound AT-HI)] is for the terror itself. In Daniel 7:7 we find V-EMTANI, prompting the later derivatives: )EYMTAN = )EYM-AT-AN, 'terorist', )EYMTANI = )EYM-AT-AN-HI) 'dreadful, fearful' and )EYMTANUT = )EYM-AT-AN-HU)-AT, 'terrorization'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 30, 2007, at 4:34 AM, Yaakov Stein wrote:


OK I will state my case again. There are no "paragogic" letters in
Hebrew, and there can not be "paragogic" letters in Hebrew. The
ancient Hebrews did not construct their language out of "paragogic"
letters and "thematic" vowels. The Hebrews did not slap a extra H ...

There are two main reasons for adding a "he" at the end of a word.
The "directive he", which is usually unaccented (YMH, QDMH, ...),
and what is frequently called the "paragogic he", which is usually
accented
and used to express urgency ("he hazeruz"), such as LKH, N$QYMH, RYBH
...

There are certainly other final he forms, remnants of archaic
constructions
(e.g. )YMTH in the song of the sea).

Y(J)S
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