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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: "Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] yhwh pronunciation
  • Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:36:03 +0100

On 19/07/2005 15:34, Read, James C wrote:

... Plus the fact that the vast majority of Hebrew verbs are trisyllabic ...


This is not true. The vast majority of Hebrew verbs have roots made up of three consonants, it is true, but the most basic forms e.g. qatal, yiqtol are in fact bisyllabic. Mor to the point, similarly for nouns: most are bisyllabic, although some are trisyllabic. So this argument in favour of a trisyllabic divine name is not a good one.


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