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  • From: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Changed <->NI$:TANFH how?
  • Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:54:13 +0200

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Christopher Kimball wrote:
>
> How does the word NI$:TANFH  come from the root $NH?  I don't know where
> the initial N comes from.

In Mishnaic Hebrew, there is a "Nitpael" binyan that is a combination
of Hebrew Niphal and
(H)itpael. Since Aramaic Itpael is also a passive, I'd feel it is the
one that is involved.

Yitzhak Sapir




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