Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

You make the assumption that ancient Hebrew could close syllables with
consonants.
There is some evidence which indicates that ancient Hebrew was a
consonant-vowel language, which, if true, would indicate that the examples
that you list below are all bisyllabic words.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

>
> It is based on the assumption (I believe commonly accepted) that  man
> spoke as soon as he could.
>
> If you accept the bi-consonantal theory, then you need to explain
> what is being  added to complete the root to tri-consonantal form. If
> this addition is meaningful, then it is a one-consonant root.
>
> There is no denying that there are Hebrew words of a single-consonant
> root, to wit: AB, BA, EM, EL, AT, AX. AG, GA, DA, ZA, RA, BB, GG, DD,
> CC, NN, SS, LL, RR, XX.
>
> Isaac Fried Boston University