Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Dear Harold and Clay:

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

)DMDM (אדמדם) reddish

(QLQL (עקלקל) convoluted

SLSLH (סלסלות) used once in Tanakh, comes 
from the root SLL (סלל), appears to mean trellis in its use 
in Jeremiah 6:9 and KRKRH appears as if it comes from the root KRR 
(כרר): both of these examples already have a doubled 
consonant.

)BYB (אנינ) 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 (אנ).

As for the meaning of XPRPRWT 
(חפרפרות) 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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