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RE: What did Elijah hear at Horeb?

From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: What did Elijah hear at Horeb?
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 14:25:20 -0400

>===== Original Message From Alastair Haines <haines AT alastairs.com> =====
>Are there modern Hebrew or Arabic words like "Demamah" and "Daqqah"?

According to HALOT, Middle Hebrew has damam "to be silent, to speak under
one's breath." Galilean Jewish Aramaic and Mandaic have dmdm, Arabic has
damdama "to murmur," and Ethiopic has tadamama "to be stupefied." Middle
Hebrew has daq "thin, fine," Ugaritic has dq "small," Akkadian has daqqu
"tiny," Targum Aramaic, Samaritan, and Syriac have daqqiq and Arabic and
Ethiopic daqiq "child."

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

What did Elijah hear at Horeb?, Alastair Haines, 06/22/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: What did Elijah hear at Horeb?, Trevor Peterson, 06/22/2002
- Re: What did Elijah hear at Horeb?, David Taylor, 06/24/2002
- Re: What did Elijah hear at Horeb?, Yigal Levin, 06/24/2002