Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com>]

Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
> Some more examples:
> )ana  'where?' Deut 1:28
> )anna 'please' 2 Kings 20:3
>   
dt1:28,1 <)FNFH> - Pronoun, Interrogative of <)FN>
2k20:3,1 <)FN.FH> - Interjection of <)FN.F)>

Wonderful - this is exactly what I am look for!
> (arumim 'crafty men' Job 5:12
> (arummim 'naked men' Gen 2:25
>   
jb5:12,3 <(:ARW.MIYM> - Adjective, Masculine Plural of <(FRW.M>
gn2:25,3 <(:ARW.M.IYM> - Adjective, Masculine Plural of <(FROWM>
Oh yeah.............. keep them coming!!!!
> (not a perfect minimal pair:)
> )arukka 'long' 2 Sam 3:1
> )aruxa 'health' Jer 30:17
>   
2s3:1,3 <):ARUK.FH> - Adjective, Feminine Singular of <)FROK:>
je30:17,3 <):ARUKFH> - Common Noun, Feminine Singular of <):ARW.KFH>
You are on a roll my man!!!

> And then Is 28:16 is a most interesting example.
>   
is28:16,14 <MW.SFD> - Common Noun, Masculine Singular of <MW.SFD>
is28:16,15 <MW.S.FD> - Hofal Participle, Masculine Singular of <YSD>

These are amazing!!!!
You are on fire!!!!!


Thank you so much for also answering my question and providing so many 
wonderful examples.
If you got more, and you don't mind doing so, please post more.

But I can clearly see, from the examples that you and David Hamuel have 
given, that the graphic presence/absence of the dagesh alone can 
indicate words of different meaning.