Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT ozemail.com.au>]

I remember being told that NEPE$ originally meant "throat". So perhaps
"when ancient laryngeals have been fused" the result is a dead NEPE$?
;-)

Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
 

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> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh
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> Many Hebrew nouns and verbs signal just one "concept", but others,
> particularly when ancient laryngeals have been fused, signal more
> than one concept...

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