Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com>]

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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