Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Dear Vadim,

> > Recently, a student inquired me of the origin of segollate words 
> > (kelev). I have never particularly dwelled on the problem, and a 
> > quick search both in the library and Internet did not produce much 
> > suggestions.
> See Gesenius et al section 84a part I, which gives a clear 
> explanation of the origin of segholates from originally monosyllabic 
> forms, based on evidence from Arabic etc. Gesenius' explanation is 
> quite different from your speculative one.


HH: Here is a link that has some interesting comments about segholate 
forms and bibliography:

http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:5NBq86j95IMJ:www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/papers/Coetzee_review.doc+segholate+forms+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard