Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Isaac,

But note that such an opinion is based on your theories, and not on the 
linguistic reality of the language. Since your theories have already 
been disproved, means that your view that others' work is but "science 
fiction" is "science fiction" itself!

Regards,
David Kummerow.


> Yitzhak,
>
> This business of the lengthening and the doubling is in my opinion
> all science fiction.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>
> On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
>
>  > And here is the thing, all the examples you have now accepted
>  > have two differences in pronunciation!  For example, in the case
>  > of qinnim/qinim, the words are:
>  > [qin-'nim] compartments
>  > [qi:-'nim] lamentations
>  > In one the i is short and in the other long!  In one the n is doubled
>  > and in the other it is not!