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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4)
- From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
- To: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
- Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4)
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 21:26:05 -0500
Peter,
The We of WEQATAL and WEYIQTOL is certainly a 'waw consecutive', which is never followed by a dagesh, probably because it is so common.
On the other hand, there is a dagesh following the definite article HA-, and the prepositions MI- and $E-. There are several attempts at explaining this dagesh, but as far as I can recall none of these explanations claims that this dagesh has any intended phonetic function, even though it incidentally modifies the pronunciation of BGDKPT.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Mar 5, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Peter Kirk wrote:
On 05/03/2007 15:31, Isaac Fried wrote:
...In that case, why is it found only in the second letter of WAYYIQTOL forms, and not in the second letter of WEQATAL and WEYIQTOL forms?
I repeat what I said: The dagesh after the "waw conversive" has no phonetic function. It is placed there to indicate the first letter of the verb.
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Peter Kirk
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4)
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Peter Kirk, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Vadim Cherny, 03/06/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4), Isaac Fried, 03/06/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4), Vadim Cherny, 03/06/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Vadim Cherny, 03/06/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Peter Kirk, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Bob MacDonald, 03/04/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4), Isaac Fried, 03/04/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Isaac Fried, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Peter Kirk, 03/05/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4), Isaac Fried, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Peter Kirk, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Rolf Furuli, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Peter Kirk, 03/05/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4), Rolf Furuli, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
Peter Kirk, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4),
David Kummerow, 03/04/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4), David Kummerow, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Passive Qal vs Hoph'al?,
pporta, 03/05/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Passive Qal vs Hoph'al?,
Yitzhak Sapir, 03/08/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Passive Qal vs Hoph'al?, Yitzhak Sapir, 03/10/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] Passive Qal vs Hoph'al?,
Yitzhak Sapir, 03/08/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4), Rolf Furuli, 03/05/2007
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