Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

   Yes, Pere, I made this point in my last message. 
But thanks for illustrating it with examples, in 
both of which the 'he' indeed precedes gutturals.

 
  As for the Arab interrogative 'hal', as you know, 
Petr, it stands alone and is never attached to the 
following verb. Fortunately you did not ask me a 
harder question...

   <unprovoked> :)    

        Uri

Uri Hurwitz
Great Neck


 remark: the pointing under the
> article 'he" is usually a 'patah'. But also
> a 'qamats' (as in 'hahag', the feast, 1K
> 8:65) and 'segol' (as in 'he(awon', the
> iniquity, 1S 25:24) are found.
> 
>  
> Hearty,
>  
> Pere Porta
>  

<provocation>
And now, tell me, why there is no dagesh with the interrogative particle ;-)
</provocation>

(Yes, I'm talking about the fact that the arabic interrogative particle
is "hal", هل  ...)

:=P

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