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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: consonantal reduplication
  • Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 18:02:00 -0500

Dear Harold and Clay:

I don’t have a list of such lexemes, but I think a better couple of examples
would be:

)DMDM (&#1488;&#1491;&#1502;&#1491;&#1501;) reddish

(QLQL (&#1506;&#1511;&#1500;&#1511;&#1500;) convoluted

SLSLH (&#1505;&#1500;&#1505;&#1500;&#1493;&#1514;) used once in Tanakh, comes
from the root SLL (&#1505;&#1500;&#1500;), appears to mean trellis in its use
in Jeremiah 6:9 and KRKRH appears as if it comes from the root KRR
(&#1499;&#1512;&#1512;): both of these examples already have a doubled
consonant.

)BYB (&#1488;&#1504;&#1497;&#1504;) the Hebrew name of the month in which
Passover is found, the first month of the year, appears to have a doubled
beit with a yod interjected, from )B (&#1488;&#1504;).

As for the meaning of XPRPRWT
(&#1495;&#1508;&#1512;&#1508;&#1512;&#1493;&#1514;) I’m guessing, but expect
it to refer to a small, burrowing animal, about the size of a bat.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>

> Dear Clay,
>
> >How common is double consonant reduplication like the
> >form lxprprym found in 1QIsa(a)?
>
> I would say not extremely common, but they are not surprising. Here
> are a few that I found without trying hard.
>
> KRKRH = dromedary
>
> SLSLH = basket
>
> SNSNYM = fruit-stalk
>
> (P(P = eyelid
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
--
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  • [b-hebrew] Re: consonantal reduplication, Karl Randolph, 05/03/2004

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