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SV: Ending on a vowel?

From: Søren Holst <sh AT teol.ku.dk>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: SV: Ending on a vowel?
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:53:09 +0100

well, I'm all in favour of katab, since it's what the Danish standard
Biblical Hebrew grammar uses anyway - I was just trying to adapt to the
standard :-)

merry holy days, everybody
Soren, Cph

> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Jonathan D. Safren [SMTP:yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il]
> Sendt: 13. december 2001 11:28
> Til: S?ren Holst; Biblical Hebrew
> Emne: Re: Ending on a vowel?
>
> Somehow I am bothered by the use of the paradigm verb qatal (kill) in this
> day and age. Wouldn't katab (write) or $pt (judge, rule, save) be more
> suitable for scholars specializing in Hebrew Bible?
> What was good for Gesenius is not necessarily good for us.
> Sincerely,
> Jonathan D. Safren
> Dept. of Biblical Studies
> Beit Berl College

Ending on a vowel?, ian goldsmith, 12/12/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: Ending on a vowel?, Peter Kirk, 12/12/2001
- SV: Ending on a vowel?, Søren Holst, 12/13/2001
- Re: Ending on a vowel?, Jonathan D. Safren, 12/14/2001
- SV: Ending on a vowel?, Søren Holst, 12/14/2001
- RE: Ending on a vowel?, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 12/14/2001