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Re: [b-hebrew] Vav Nun Suffix

From: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
To: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Vav Nun Suffix
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:14:58 -0600

Hello Isaac:

A mother naming her son יצחק sounds entirely reasonable in the context of
this happening prior to pregnancy.

ויאמר יהוה אל אברהם למה זה צחקה שרה לאמר האף אמנם אלד ואני זקנתי

genesis 18:13

regards,

fred burlingame

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

> 1. Consider my friend Yankaleh Xazanc'ic
> 2. Do you really believe that a mother in her right mind would call her son
> YICXAK, 'he will laugh'?
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Nov 27, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
>
> Who can believe that a Semitic name could be suffixed by the grammatical
>> morphemes of another language?
>> A.
>>
>
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