Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Steinberg <david.l.steinberg AT rogers.com>]

QM in the Qal 3ms jussive is spelled with U rather than O (Genesis 
27:31; Psalm 68:2; Job 24:22), unless Job 22:28 is an exception.


Ken M. Penner, Ph.D.
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Joulon_Murakoa p. 213 states

"The active future is *YAQU:M ... The Jussive originally had the short u 
(reduced state), eg. *YAQUM which usually became YAQOM..."

From this I would gather that in Pre-exilic Hebrew

YAQU:M (ie short a and long u) = "he will stand", and
YAQUM (ie short a and short u) = "let him stand"

In Tiberian Hebrew this would be expected to become
YAQU:M written YQWM(where a=qamatz) = "he will stand", and
YAQOM written YQM(where a=qamatz)= "let him stand"

David Steinberg

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