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[b-hebrew] Morphology, words and the waw

From: Vadim Cherny <vadimcherny AT gmail.com>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Morphology, words and the waw
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:41:03 +0200

The Masoretes, I believe, wrote a chanting guide for liturgy rather than grammar. The concept of grammar was largely unknown then. So they wrote together what is sung together. Naturally, an open-syllable particle became concatenated to the next world.

Vadim Cherny

James Christian wrote:
What did they perceive as
'words'? Why did they write wayiqtol and not wa yiqtol?

[b-hebrew] Morphology, words and the waw, Uri Hurwitz, 02/05/2010
- Re: [b-hebrew] Morphology, words and the waw, James Christian, 02/05/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- [b-hebrew] Morphology, words and the waw, Vadim Cherny, 02/06/2010
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Morphology, words and the waw, Yitzhak Sapir, 02/06/2010