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Re: ane Two Hebraistic Questions

From: Jim West <jwest AT Highland.Net>
To: manaster AT umich.edu
Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: ane Two Hebraistic Questions
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:45:41 +0000

At 10:37 AM 8/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Cane anyone tell me which Hebrew vowel is/was known as
>qamaz hatuf?

its this one- t: (i.e.- the little t of the qametz with the shewa)- the
qametz hatuf is a half vowel, pronounced as a shor "o".

>
>Does anyone have access to the Hebrew Academy's database
>of post-Biblical Hebrew and could let me know what it
>has on the root DBB?

it means "to glide over"

>
>Thanks, AMR

Best,

Jim

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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible
Quartz Hill School of Theology
jwest AT highland.net
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"es ist Schuld und Verhängnis aller Kirchen, dass sie zu viel Dogmatik und
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Re: ane Two Hebraistic Questions, Jim West, 08/20/1998