Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>]

On 9/6/07, Pere Porta wrote:
> >> > In YWOD"(A (Rt 3:11), it is clear that Y is root consonant.
> >> > But, what about YWCAR, third word in Isa 54:17?
> >> > Is here the yod a root consonant -or radical-  too?
> >> > This question is intended not as a byzantine one but in order to make
> >> > clear where to put this type of word (YWCAR)  in the Hebrew Schemary.
> >
> YS -- Yes, it is.
> PP - Are you quite sure that the yod in YWCAR is a root consonant, namely
> the first consonant of the basic YFCAR?
> I'm not.
> Maybe you will ask: And why not?
>
> In Lev 20:10 (YWMAT) and Isa 28:27 (YWDA$) we have to paralel or analogous
> verb forms (Huph'al imperfective, 3rd person singular) where initial YW is,
> to my sense, clearly a prefix and by no means belonging to the root. So, why
> would the yod/yud in YW of YWCAR be the same consonant we find in the basic
> YFCAR (Is 44:10)?

Yes, you are right, almost.

 Is 54:17 ywcr is 3ms imperfect so that y is not a root letter.  I
think the w may
originally have been a root letter I think it's not likely.  The verb
form is a Qal
passive.  The  verb type is a weak verb with initial y.

Lev 20:10 is not comparable.  It is 3ms imperfect Hophal.  The verb type is
a weak verb with medial w (and this is why it's not comparable).

Is 44:10 is 3ms preterite Qal.

Is 28:27 ywd$ is 3ms imperfect Qal of a medial w weak verb:

Is 28:27 ywsb is a 3ms imperfect passive Qal of a geminate weak verb (sbb).

Yitzhak Sapir