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Re: [b-hebrew] Ruth

From: James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>
To: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ruth
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 23:30:32 +0300

Hi Yitzhak,

I've had a bit of time to think about this now and over the weekend one very
obvious explanation struck me. If YM and M endings are equivalent then why
spend the extra time in an inscription doing a superfluous Y. This could be
just a convenience for inscribing words quicker rather than indicative of
some standard spelling which would extend to manuscript writing/copying
also.

James Christian

Re: [b-hebrew] Ruth , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ruth, K Randolph, 05/18/2010
- [b-hebrew] Ruth, Randall Buth, 05/18/2010