Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Hi Yitzhak,

I was taking his statement at face value, but upon reflection we could 
be meaning entirely different things.

By "short prefix verb" I'm referring to the prior yaqtul :: yaqtulu :: 
yaqtula paradigmatic contrasts, which is still apparent morphologically 
as I've previously mentioned and as you know. (The problem is to know 
what to do with yaqtul: is it homophonous or polysemous? But that's a 
different issue.)

Regards,
David Kummerow.


> Perhaps you could explain what you mean by "short prefix verb"?  Does it
> mean a verbal inflection of the Semitic prefix-type (as opposed to suffix
> type inflections like SOFARTI), and which is also short (YOQOM < *yaqum0
> as opposed to YAQUM < *yaqumu)?  If so, my guess is that Mr. Fried has
> a completely different understanding of "short prefix verb" (probably, a 
> word
> prefix that should be analyzed as a short verb).
>
> Yitzhak Sapir