Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

I'd say that both are theoretical possibilities. But not every 
theoretical possibility is linguistically realised in language. In the 
case of a grammaticalized deictic /han-/ morpheme or a grammaticalized 
asseverative /l/ morpheme, typologically /han-/ is to be preferred (see 
the Miller essay I mentioned).

Regards,
David Kummerow.


> Yes, I think you're right about Tropper. He argues this based on the 
> common assimilation of nun, doesn't he? In any case, nun and lamed are 
> both sounds along the 'liquid' register, so both are possibilities.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au