Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Dear John,

Your analogy has no bearing whatsoever on our discussion. Tea quite 
obviously has nothing to do with cars.

A discussion about whether dagesh is phonemic or not and an answer by 
way of showing that the definite article is /haC/ in contrast to an 
interrogative /ha/ morpheme relates specifically to this question. It is 
a direct answer to the question. So your analogy between "cars" and 
"tea" falls apart completely.

Regards,
David Kummerow.

> The purpose of asking a question is to get the answer you want.
> If I ask a question about cars, I want an answer about cars...... not 
> about tea leaves.
> No matter how great and complex the answer about tea leaves is - I don't 
> what that answer has it doesn't apply to my question. So it would only 
> make sense for me to reject the tea leaves answers to my car question.
> Otherwise - what's the point?? lol
>
> B"H
> John Steven