Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com>]

Well I believe I found my answer.

I called up my Hebrew professor from college and asked him.

What he said was that the Resh is not a guttural letter, but since it 
can't take a dagesh it is sometimes treated like one.
Hence words with a Resh in the 'Ayin position in the Pi'el and Pu'al 
forms are categorized as 'Ayin Guttural.
The reason my grammar book classified KRT as a strong verb is because it 
isn't found in either Pi'el or Pu'al forms in the Bible.

So if anyone disagrees with this, or finds any fault in the explanation, 
please do respond.
If anyone agrees and thinks that it is right on the money, then please 
respond as well.


B"H
John Steven

"If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you 
behave."
-Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.


Harold Holmyard wrote:

> Dear John,
>
>  
>
> > I don't think that's the answer, as the word KRT is classified as a 
> > Strong Verb.
> >
> > So we have:
> > $MR - Strong
> > KRT - Strong
> > BRK - 'Ayin Guttural
> >  
> >    
>
> Perhaps KRT is not viewed as being affected much 
> by the changes that the resh is capable of 
> bringing. BRK, however, is greatly affected 
> because it has a large Piel usage. GKC says that 
> the guttural verbs are really a variant of the 
> strong verb, because the modifications required by 
> the gutturals only affect the vowelization, not 
> the consonants. The grammar adds that the only 
> real weakness with guttural verbs is the entire 
> omission of the strengthening in some of the 
> middle-guttural verbs. This does happen with BRK, 
> but surprisingly it does not seem to happen with 
> KRT. GKC lists a couple of KRT forms as exceptions 
> to this loss of strengthening of the second 
> guttural. And there are only a couple of relevant 
> KRT forms, since it does not have a Piel and only 
> has these two forms in the Pual. Nor does it have 
> the Hithpael. So perhaps that explains the 
> difference in classification of the two verbs.
> See GKC #62 and 64e.
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
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