Biblical Hebrew Forum

[<pporta AT oham.net>]

> Pere,
>
> Yes, N is part of the root, but not the N that you see in the word. The 
> root
> letter is assimilated by the G in this case, represented only by the 
> dagesh.
> The N that is seen is the marker for the first-person plural, here maybe a
> cohortative ("Let us surely tell...."). The "tense" is imperfect and the
> binyan hif'il (הפעיל).
>
> However, it is not like WN$YM, if the root of this word is $MM. The root 
> of
> NfG.iYD is NGD.

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Yes, I agree.
Sometimes it is not easy to discern whether a given letter is a root letter 
or not. For instance in YO$:B"Y (Jos 15:63) the first Y is clearly the Y or 
the stem Y$B.
But in YWODIY(A (Isa 38:19) there is the doubt: the first Y is that of the 
root YD)? And the right answer seems to be "No", but YWO, as a whole, plays 
a part of a prefix, makes a prefix...

Pere

> Regards,
> Jason Hare
> English Teacher
> Rishon LeZion
> Israel
>
> On 11/3/07, pporta AT oham.net <pporta AT oham.net> wrote:
> > I am considering the word NFG.IYD (Jer 36:16) and I'm trying to discern
> > whether the nun is the first root consonant (stem NGD) or it is a prefix
> > that means 1st person plural (and then has nothing to do with the nun
> > first
> > root consonant).
> >
> > I rather think it is a prefix and has nothing to do with the N of the 
> > stem
> > NGD.
> > My thought is so because I remark that in the word WN$YM (Nm 21:30), 
> > which
> > is a parallel to NFG.IYD both as regards pattern and verbal features, the
> > N
> > clearly is prefix, not root consonant (it comes from $MM).
> >
> > This is not a trivial question: depending on which the right answer is,
> > this
> > word will be placed here or there in the Hebrew Schemary I'm working to
> > build up (www.oham.net)
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Pere Porta
> > Barcelona (Spain)
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