Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Paul Zellmer" <zellmer AT digitelone.com>]

On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Wondell wrote:

>
> So from what I gather here, the prefix 'Mit'(Mem Tav) means 'one who
has
> converted' and the suffix could be the religion or philosophy. Am I
right?
> It sounds a lot like Arabic, where the prefix 'MU'(Meem) indicates
"One
> who is" and the suffix ending describes a quality or characteristic to
> which the individual personifies.

Hey, Wondell,

I'm not sure about Arabic, but I believe research into the Hebrew in
this case would reveal that the MEM is the mark of a participle in this
case.  And, as I'm sure you realize (as a declared Hebrew PhD wanna-be),
a participle may act as a noun (like you are taking it), or it may act
as an adjective or verb, depending on the situation.

Paul
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