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  • From: Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com>
  • To: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>, Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] kiddush versus edush?
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:18:38 -0400

Yes, i am indeed aware of the differences among the letters.

The relationship between daled and tzadi you describe is fascinating -- the
first thing that occurred to me as I read your comments was that in
contemporary Hebrew script (derived from ancient hebrew letters as opposed
to the square letters that are so-called ktav ashuri), the daled and tzadi
are very similar in appearance.

Coincidence?

u


On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Uzi, as was poined out, it is important to remember
> that Aleph and Ayin are completely different letters.
> For example, compare Oved with Ayin to Oved with Aleph.
> So incidentally different are Quf and Kaf, Tet and Tav.
> True, this difference is totally lost in modern Hebrew
> pronounciation. A similar process existed already
> in Hellenistic time.
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> As for Aramaic, both forms for 'Land' which Yigal
> mentioned are derived from the earlier form Ard(.),
> the last letter , D(.)ad in Arabic, , did not exist
> in BH, where it changed into a Tzadi -- "Eretz".
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> Jeremiah 10:11 is indeed an intersting example
> that at least in one period, as reflected in this verse,
> both Aramaic forms co-existed peacefully!
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> Uri Hurwitz Wilmington VT
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> I'm not totally sure that it's the same thing, but the early Aramaic word
> "arqa", land, (equivalent to Hebrew "erec") later becomes "ar'a", that is,
> qof becomes ayin. If you look at Jeremiah 10:11 you'll find both forms in
> the same verse!
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> Yigal Levin
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> --- On Tue, 7/6/10, Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com> wrote
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> Uri, so it would sound like a yemenite ayin? is there any biblical or
> aramaic hebrew example of this phenomenon?
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> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com> wrote:
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> In many Arab speaking regions the regular colloquial pronounciation of
> the letter Quf is an 'A', a gluttal stop, which in this case because of the
> Hiriq could be transliterated as "'e ".
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> That would explain it.
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> Uri - not Uzi - Hurwitz Wilmington, VT
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