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[b-hebrew] Re.: Initial Consonant Clusters in Biblical Hebrew

From: Vadim Cherny <vadimcherny AT gmail.com>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Re.: Initial Consonant Clusters in Biblical Hebrew
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:29:28 +0300

IMO, dvash, shtayim and the like appeared etymologically from the smihut reduction (zuf-dvash, something-shtayim). Originally, perhaps, it had been *zuf-davash. The reduction process could be this: *zuf- davash (1) - zufd-avash (2) - zufd-'vash (3) - zuf-dvash. The Masoretes used word-initial dagesh kal to prevent nos.2-3.

Vadim Cherny

[b-hebrew] Re.: Initial Consonant Clusters in Biblical Hebrew, Vadim Cherny, 06/11/2010
- Re: [b-hebrew] Re.: Initial Consonant Clusters in Biblical Hebrew, Isaac Fried, 06/11/2010