b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

re: d-b-r II

From: yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
To: Søren Holst <sh AT teol.ku.dk>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: re: d-b-r II
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:52:15 -0500

on mdbr:
> 2) the pi'el
> participle would be consonantally identical to a widespread noun MDBR =
> wilderness, which might look sloppy when the participle has a nominal
> function.

but these are the same today and i can't remember a problem.
of course, we still use dover, too, but limit it to a nominal "speaker"

Hag sameaH
randall buth

re: d-b-r II, yochanan bitan, 12/12/1999