Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

b-hebrew - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below

b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Mick <mickb99d AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Genesis 1:6-7, 8:1, Waters Above and Below
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:27:33 -0400

--- Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:
> On 21/06/2004 05:11, Trevor Peterson wrote:
>
> On the Akkadian, this disagrees with BDB, which I
> quote:
>
> s.v. MAYIM: As. mû, pl. mê, also mâmu
>
> s.v. SHAMAYIM: As. šamû, pl. šamê, šamûtu, also
> šamâmu
>
> Now I don't take BDB as the top authority on
> Akkadian (and it doesn't
> mention Ugaritic because it is too old - but it is
> what I have to hand),
> but it seems to suggest that mû and šamû are regular
> singular nouns
> which also have plural forms. Have I misunderstood
> BDB? Or is it wrong?

mu^ is plural as is samu^.

plural in akkadian is long u long a or long i or tu^ ta^ or ti^ IIRC


-- Mick Brown




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page