b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Re: Phoenetically similar?

From: George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: "yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Phoenetically similar?
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:26:14 +1000

yahua'sef wrote:

> [...]
> Are the "r" and "l" interchangable, such as in the case in some Oriental
> Languages, for instance Nihongo (Japanese)?

Definitely. One example is "Pereshet" in Egyptian but "Pileshet" in Hebrew.

--
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Tel Dan Inscription Website
http://web.infoave.net/~jwest/athas1.html
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Phoenetically similar?, yahua'sef, 05/11/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Phoenetically similar?, George Athas, 05/11/1999