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[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

הטמאה = הוא-טמא-היא

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:

> The ancient Hebrew variant would be perhaps
>  rather: hutpaʿʿel.
> See: Deut 24:4 הֻטַּמָּאָה.
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>    Mandelkern assigns it an hypothetical "Hothpa."
> Interesting vocalisation, though. Either  Niph'al
>  or Pu'al regular forms would have functioned in
>  this verse.
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>    (I don't understand the purpose of discussing the
>  modern language on this list. Is it the wit which these
> neologisms display? This seems unnoticed.)
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>    Uri Hurwitz                             Great Neck NY
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> מאז התפוטר המתפוטר הראשון (ביוני 1948  
> והנ"ל כשרצה לתת ביטוי למצבו,>
> שהיה תופעה חדשה במציאות החדשה של המדינ
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