Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ken Penner" <ken.penner AT acadiau.ca>]

Qimron says in the DSS Alef is used as a to indicate a medial vowel letter 
only when it is radical. But he notes (_The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls_, 
p.22n18) that in biblical texts "non-radical alef does sometimes represent 
these sounds -- See Kutscher, _Isaiah_, pp. 160-162; Qimron, _Leshonenu_ 39 
(1975), pp;. 133-146."

Ken

Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. (McMaster)
Acadia/Greek&Hebrew
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jason Hare
> Sent: February 5, 2008 11:09 PM
> To: B-Hebrew
> Subject: [b-hebrew] K)RW with alef as mater lectionis?
> 
> Shalom to all B-Hebrewites,
> 
> I remember someone having written at some point in the past 
> (though I did not find it in a search of the archives) that 
> alef appears in a few places as a type of vowel marker in 
> medial-vav (ayin-vav) verbs. Of course, this question comes 
> from thinking (again) of what to do with K)RW in Psalm 22:17. 
> Does anyone know where I might have read it if I didn't read 
> it on this list? I heard that there were other verbs that in 
> the DSS were spelled with an unexpected alef. Can someone 
> confirm or deny this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason Hare
> Rehovot, Israel
> 
> 
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