Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jason Hare" <jason AT hareplay.com>]

In the Tiberian system, the Shurek is *always* a long vowel. I think that
the "Shurek is nothing more than a Kubutz" statement may be more true of
later Hebrew (Qumran, Mishnaic, Modern Ivrit), but in the Classical period
this was not the case... so far as I've read. Perhaps I'm wrong (and that's
quite possible), but I was under the impression that the Shurek is *never*
short in Biblical/Classical Hebrew. Thus, you will NEVER find the Shuruk
used in a pu'al form where the middle radical is doubled. If it is found, I
think it can be granted that it is a later text. I would like to know,
however, if I am just completely off-base on this.

Best regards,
Jason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trevor Peterson" <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 6:17 AM
Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] shewa following conjunctive waw


> >===== Original Message From "Jason Hare" <jason AT hareplay.com> =====
> >I have to agree with George (gfsomsel). I think it is indeed vocal. The
> >shurek is a long vowel, so it would indicate that it is NOT a closed
> >syllable.
>
> How do you know it's long? Shurek is nothing more than a kubutz when a vav
is
> present. Granted, in a lot of cases vav as a mater marks long-u, but I'll
> point out again that this is an odd case.
>
> Trevor Peterson
> CUA/Semitics
>
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