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- From: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
- To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] final alef
- Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:20:00 +0200
> right" and accurately preserved pronunciation from Biblical times. I propose
> that in Biblical times, all syllables had the form of CV (consonant vowel),
> in which case the final alep would have had a vowel connected to it. I
This would sound strange to me, do You have an example of another
language that has NO closed (CVC) syllabes?
> recently read "Nineveh and the Old Testament" by André Parrot, and the
> transliterations of Hebrew names from Nineveh seem to indicate CV syllables.
But the transcription using cuneiform signs has to use such syllabes,
or am I wrong?
> But as I wrote above, the evidence is insufficient to prove any Biblical
> period pronunciation, and the only guide for vowels are the Masoretic
> points.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
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[b-hebrew] final alef,
Dr Raoul Comninos, 08/17/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, Yitzhak Sapir, 08/17/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] final alef,
Petr Tomasek, 08/18/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, K Randolph, 08/18/2007
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Re: [b-hebrew] final alef,
Petr Tomasek, 08/18/2007
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[b-hebrew] final alef,
Uri Hurwitz, 08/18/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, Isaac Fried, 08/18/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, K Randolph, 08/20/2007
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