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  • From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Titled: Seriously not related? OR Where did the Aleph come from?
  • Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:42:44 +0000

In addition to Randall's comments, the phenomenon of adding aleph at the
beginning of a noun is normal in Semitic. As Randall mentioned, it probably
serves to break up an initial consonant cluster. It's able to do this quite
effectively because it's a glottal stop and adds minimally to a word.

Adding a samekh to the end of a root, however, is another thing entirely. If
the samekh on פרדס is an addition to a Semitic root, how did it get there,
and what does it mean? And why could you not argue that the pe was added at
the beginning?


GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au




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