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Re: [b-hebrew] why not taw?

From: <pporta AT oham.net>
To: "Yaakov Stein" <yaakov_s AT rad.com>, "Isaac Fried" <if AT math.bu.edu>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] why not taw?
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:36:11 +0200

In 2S 6:22 we find H)MHWT, the handmaids.
I wonder why the final H (*) does not change to T.
It seems that in the declension of the noun a final H should change, as usual, to T.

Which is the reason for this remaining H that does not turn to T?
Maybe with the purpose of not to mistake the plural of this )MH for the plural of )MH, cubit (Gn 6:15, singular; 2Ch 3:3, plural)?
Are there in the Tanakh other similar cases, namely some nouns that keep the final H in their declension?

(*) See )MH, handmaid, Ex 21:32

Pere Porta
Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)

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        Re: [b-hebrew] why not taw?, pporta, 04/29/2008
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] why not taw?, Jason Hare, 04/29/2008
      - Re: [b-hebrew] The root BR), Yaakov Stein, 04/29/2008
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] The root BR), Isaac Fried, 04/29/2008
    - Re: [b-hebrew] The root BR), Petr Tomasek, 04/28/2008
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