Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

1. You are right, except that I would put it slightly differently. I  
would say that corresponding to ANIY, 'I', there used to be a variant  
ATIY, that is preserved only as in attachment.

2. Now the question naturally arises as to what is the meaning of the  
"suffix" -AH in SHAMR-AH, 'she has guarded', and the "suffix" -U in  
SHAMR-U, 'they have guarded'?

3. I forgot to mention another word with root CB, namely, ECBA  
אצבע 'finger'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:15 PM, Arnaud Fournet wrote:

> From: Isaac Fried
>
> You are right, except that what is "transparent" with "suffixation"  
> is also transparent with "prefixation" and "infixation".
> ***
> No.
> A.
> ***
>
>
> BTW, is the "suffix" -TI of SHAMARTI, 'I have guarded', also  
> "transparent"?
> ***
> It's not absurd to think that it can be analyzed as -t- plus -iY,  
> from an-iY "I"
>
> Arnaud Fournet