Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 15/03/2006 06:53, Rolf Furuli wrote:
> ...
>
> My Question was about Origen's use of vowels. If he, where the Masoretes 
> used shewa, used the original vowel, and he used OU- both for 
> WAYYAIQTOL  and WEYIQTOL, wouldn't that mean that both forms in his view 
> had the same vowel?
>
>   
Surely Origen's OU- (omicron, upsilon) doesn't represent a vowel at all, 
but, according to common usage in Greek transcription, the consonant 
sound [w]. So I would want to ask what follows this OU-: a consonant 
(and if so, is it ever doubled?), or a vowel, and if so which vowel? Are 
there any differences in the patterns between WAYYIQTOL and WEYIQTOL 
verbs, as recorded by the Masoretes? Since you say that there are only 
18 such verb forms surviving from the Hexapla, perhaps it would be 
possible to share these 18 with the list, with their Masoretic 
equivalents or their references.

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