Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Seems to me that there is no need for a farfetched, scientifically  
untenable,  speculation on the "influence" of Aramaic on the Hebrew  
of the book of Psalms. As I see it the word תגמולוהי of Ps  
116:12 contains either the compound suffixal reference הוא-היא  
for the giver of the תגמול (that is, by itself, אתה-גמ- 
הוא-ל with two references to the thing itself), or is with an  
ending reference היא for a plural.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jun 20, 2010, at 4:39 AM, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

> Aramaic had an increasing influence on Hebrew during Biblical  
> times.  This
> includes clear examples of Aramaisms such as Ps 116:12  
> תגמולוהי.