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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew] no to aspect
  • Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:41:03 -0500

1. It is very relevant here because it proves that Hebrew works perfectly well without "gemination", without "different" schwas, etc.
2. No, the dagesh makes no difference at all. You possibly occasionally seem to hear the faint natural doubling of ANY consonant preceded and followed by a vowel.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 8, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Uri Hurwitz wrote:


Do you think somebody ever spoke "Biblical Hebrew"?

Isaac Fried, Boston University<


What language did those who wrote the Lakhish Letters
speak?

What you hear in the modern language is irrelevant here.
But out of curiosity, can't you tell the difference
between 'hem danu' ( they discussed/judged ) and 'anachnu
dannu" (we discussed/judged )? Doesn't a dagesh sneak into
the latter occasionally in normal speech?


Uri Hurwitz Great Neck NY






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