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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Initial Consonant Clusters in Biblical Hebrew
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:05:14 -0700

Jim:

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:38 PM, <jimstinehart AT aol.com> wrote:

>
> Is an initial consonant cluster in Biblical Hebrew possible?
>
> We don’t know. The vowels were not preserved. The modern vowel system was
developed about 1000 years after Biblical Hebrew ceased to be a native
language, i.e. the first language a child learns in his parents’ house.

>
> Jim Stinehart
> Evanston, Illinois
>
> Karl W. Randolph.




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