Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

In my humble opinion this quaint business of "gemination" is but a  
phantom of the imagination. I refuse to believe, not even for a  
moment, that the ancient Hebrews doubled in their mouth (and for what  
reason?) a consonant written only once, and even took the pain to  
mark this fantastic (and redundant) doubling by inserting an inner  
dot in the letter.
The text is with only one k and should be, methinks, so  
transliterated. If it pleases someone to "geminate", then he may do  
it, but he should know that no hebrew speaker does it, and he may  
sound not only funny but also annoying.

Have a good Sukot

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Sep 19, 2010, at 1:33 PM, AMK Judaica wrote:

> From: amkjudaica AT hotmail.com
> To: if AT math.bu.edu
> Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Sukkot
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:32:27 -0400
>
>
>
>
> Isaac,
>
> How did Yigal subvert the text? The double k represents the  
> gemination of the letter kaf.
>
> Kol tuv,
> Ari Kinsberg
>
> > From: if AT math.bu.edu
> > Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:57:56 -0400
> > To: leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il
> > 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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