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Re: [b-hebrew] Biblical Hebrew orthographical practices in light of epigraphy

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] Biblical Hebrew orthographical practices in light of epigraphy
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 22:34:13 +0300

Yitzhak,

most of what you just said was about missing superfluous yodhs in
inscriptions. Yet you outright rejected that inscribers may not have wanted
to spend extra time and space carving out a consonant that wasn't really
even needed. In terms of percentages of your data I'm guessing that a large
percentage can be explained by superfluous yodhs right?

James Christian

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