Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Richard" <aaa AT endlyss.com>]

The five I-Alef roots
http://individual.utoronto.ca/holmstedt/textbook/BHSG2009.pdf

I found it in a search.

Richard Conaway



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Spinti" <JSpinti AT Eisenbrauns.com>
To: "George Athas" <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Which?


> When I was an undergraduate--far too long ago--we learned them as a 
> mnemonic phrase:
> "He said, I am willing to eat what you bake, though I perish." I don't 
> recall what the Hebrew would have been...can anybody help?
>
> James
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> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of George Athas
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> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Which?
>
> Hi Pere!
>
> There are in fact five I-aleph roots which follow the o-a pattern you 
> mention. These are:
>
> אכל (to eat)
> אמר (to say)
> אבד (to perish)
> אבה (to desire)
> אפה (to bake)
>
> The initial aleph is treated as quiescent in the prefix conjugations (eg. 
> Yiqtol). All other I-aleph roots follow the e-e-o pattern you identified, 
> treating the aleph as a glottal stop.
>
>
>
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