Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Jason,

That is my understanding, too, that the Shurek is never short in biblical
Hebrew. See GKC 9n.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard

>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.