Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

since HYKL exists in both aramaic (heikhal) and arabic (haikal), it seems
clear to me that this word has been in continuous use for millenia,
throughout the semitic world, in pretty much its present form in hebrew. 
the lack of transformation HYKL-->YKL,)YKL may be 
attributed to a non-vowelled script, as this change 
would create conflict with other words: in hebrew, "can" 
and "consume".

so, the exception to the rule must be sumer, not hebrew.

the particular transformation this word suffered in sumer may be 
easily explained by non-semitic pressures. 

hebrew could have acquired the word from any of the neighboring dialects,
maybe aramaic, not necessarily from the distant sumer or ugarit.
  
nir cohen



On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:20:13 -0500, b-hebrew-request wrote
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