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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Schmuel <schmuel AT escape.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is 9:6 Mem clausum?
  • Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:55:24 +0000

On 18/03/2005 15:21, Schmuel wrote:

...

Daniel's conclusion - the Holy Spirit inspired Isaiah to break the rules of Hebrew grammar and spelling :-)
Your mileage may vary.

Yes, because in Isaiah's time the script in use was the palaeo-Hebrew which has no distinct final forms. So this special case must have been introduced later.

But thanks for the interesting discussion.

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Peter Kirk
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