Biblical Hebrew Forum

["B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>]

Hi Yitzhak,

It doesn't surprise me Chris would expect hannitsvah.  Several, maybe 
most, grammars teach the feminine singular participles end with --ah. 
They are, of course, teaching "the exception" (to be more precise, let's 
call it "the less common form") rather than the rule.  Most feminine 
singular participles in the Bible have the --e-et pattern.

Shalom,
Bryan

Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
> On 10/24/06, Chris and Nel wrote:
> >  This word has me really tied up in knots as to how it
> > became pointed with two seghols instead of the expected --
> > HaNiTSaVaH!! (I like things predictable)
>
> Perhaps the first question is why you'd predict or think that the
> word should be "HaNiTSaVaH"?
>
> Yitzhak Sapir
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