Biblical Hebrew Forum

[rosewalk AT concentric.net]

I've never ever in my entire life seen it spelled with only one k or 
one c, but always sukkot, or - less often - succot

Shoshanna Walker, Cedarhurst, L.I., NY (and an apt and future home in 
Tzfat, Israel)


> Come on Isaac. You know that the convention is that a Dagesh forte is
> transcribed by doubling the consonant. You may not agree, but that is the
> convention.
>
> Yigal Levin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Isaac Fried [mailto:if AT math.bu.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 6:58 PM
> To: Yigal Levin
> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Sukkot
>
> Yigal,
>
> It is not clear to me why you choose to subvert the biblical text and
> write SUKKOT with a double K, whereas the Hebrew word has only one K.
> Have a happy Sukot.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Sep 19, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Yigal Levin wrote:
>
> > For those members who read modern Hebrew, follow this link
> > http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/sifriyya/millathashavua/Documents/
> > igeret3.p
> > df to the Hebrew Language Academy's newsletter on the root SKK and its
> > derivatives. Unfortunately there is no English-language version.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. Yigal Levin
> >
> > The Israel and Golda Koschitzky
> >
> > Department of Jewish History
> >
> > Bar-Ilan University
> >
> > Ramat Gan. 52900
> >
> > ISRAEL
> >
> >  <mailto:leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il> leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il
> >
> >
> >
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