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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Geminates
  • Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:36:42 -0400

George,

Sorry, but your claim that the dagesh forte "doubles" the consonant has never been substantiated.

Isaac Fried Boston University

On May 18, 2009, at 7:15 PM, George Athas wrote:

Let's take the 'theories and standards' thread on a meaningful tangent. Karl wrote:

"...I noticed
that several of the triliteral roots were in practice biliteral (two
letters) which were made into triliteral roots by the addition of a medial
waw or a doubling of the second letter. There are also a few quadraliteral
roots."

The geminate roots are actually not three consonants, but rather one normal consonant and a doubled second consonant. They often look like purely biconsonantal because Hebrew does not permit doubling (through the use of dagesh forte) of the first or final consonant of a word. However, if you look at the cognate forms in Arabic, which does permit doubling, you'll notice the phenomenon.



Regards,

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