Biblical Hebrew Forum

[<pporta AT oham.net>]

So,
1. Paragogic heh all grammars and dictionaries tell about.... does not exist 
in Hebrew?
2. Either I agree with your statement about the inner structure of the second 
type of Imperative or not... you do not answer to my question on the stress 
place within this type of Imperatives: are they always oxytone? And if not... 
which are the cases when they are paroxytone?

Pere Porta
Barcelona (Spain)


  The middle vowel of the QAL imperatives forms you mention is a personal 
pronoun referring the the person ordered. In this, the vowel 'I' is the 
essential part of HI), and the vowel 'U' is the essential part of HU), gender 
and number independently. Often 'I' is reduced to 'E', and 'U' to 'O'. Thus, 
QUM = Q-HU)-M, SIM = S-HI)-M, $EB = $-HI)-B, XOG = X-HU)-G. Addressing a 
woman you add for clarity of reference an extra HI) at the end to say 
KUMI=K-HU)-M-HI), and addressing a group you add an extra HU) at the end to 
say KUMU = K-HU)-M-HU).

  Addressing an important person, and assuming a pleading attitude, an extra 
reverential HI), you', is added at the end, as when the elders of Israel 
respectfully and beseechingly address $MUEL by SIMAH = SIM-HI). 

  There is, of course, no "paragogic" letters in Hebrew words.




  Isaac Fried, Boston University



  On Sep 24, 2007, at 12:56 AM, <pporta AT oham.net> <pporta AT oham.net> wrote:


    There are some Imperative forms in the Bible that consist of three 
letters 
    of which the middle one is yud, which are, so to say, normal. I mean for 
    example LYN (Jdg 19:9) or &YM (Gn 24:2).


    But sometimes this type of Imperative takes a paragogic heh as in &YMH 
(1Sa 
    8:5) or $YTH (Ps 9:21) or RYBH (Ps 35:1)


    I'm wondering: as regards these latter, are these words as a rule always 
    oxytone?


    Pere Porta
    Barcelona (Spain)




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