Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Isaac,

I acknowledge gemination as a standard part of Hebrew. I know you don't think 
gemination exists, but you are in a very, very, very small minority. 
Certainly there are no grammar or syntax books that agree with you. So while 
you might see me 'giving in' to gemination, the overwhelming majority of 
grammarians would simply see me as taking on board a standard feature of 
Biblical Hebrew.


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au

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From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:06:35 +1000
To: George Athas <george.athas AT moore.edu.au>
Cc: Michiel Borkent <michielborkent AT gmail.com>, B-Hebrew 
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] pronunciation of waw-consecutive of hyh

George,

Do you otherwise give in to gemminnattion?

Isaac Fried, Boston University?