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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] nun hay hay verb "to wail"
  • Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:07:18 -0500

Dear Kenneth,

Is the verb spelled nun hay hay "to wail" a geminate verb?

Yes. A verb with the last two letters the same is by definition geminate. "Geminate" comes from the same root as Latin geminus, or "twin" (think of the constellation Gemini).


Could it be conjugated using just nun and hay?

HH: No, Hebrew verbs are at least triliteral.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard




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