Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Karyn Traphagen <karyn AT birchbarkstudio.com>]

On Jun 26, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Randall Buth wrote:

> Hebrew developed two Hif`il verbs using the root n.v.H.

Yes, but can we say how they developed? We see the A and B entries (in  
BDB) for n.w.H. but we want to know why one has the different  
pointing. Does this point (no pun intended) to a divergence from a  
single root or is it possibly a merger of two roots that did not  
extend to the hiphil? Or is the dagesh simply to distinguish between  
the two meanings of the root. If so, do we have another example?

In other words, how do we account for the short vowel and dagesh? All  
other similar verbs (hiphil, imperative, mp of middle weak verbs) have  
the long vowel and no dagesh.

Karyn

Karyn Traphagen
Doctoral Student
Stellenbosch University