Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

I intended, Karl, to discuss within the boundaries of the most elementary
nouns ending -WT

Your list, indeed, is a very mixed one: nearly the half of the nouns are but
plurals (ending in -WT = -OT)

Regarding MW$Y(WT....... where does it appear?

Friendly,

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

2011/4/20 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

> Pere:
>
>  On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:03 AM, Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear b-hebrew listers,
>>
>> I would like to propose a debate on nouns in -WT in the Bible. …
>>
>> Are there some other kinds of nouns in -WT?
>>
>> Friendly,
>>
>> --
>> Pere Porta
>> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
>>
>
> Yes, e.g.
>
> HWLLWT הוללות craziness, from HWL הול to make a fool of
> HPGWT הפגות stopping, from PWG פוג
> H$M(WT השמעות communication, from $M( שמע to hear
> XLQLQWT חלקלקות smooth, slippery places ⇒ smooth talk that leads to a
> fall, from XLQ חלק
> KRYTWT כריתות divorce, from KRT כרת
> MHTLWT מהתלות mockery, from HTL התל
> MW$Y(WT מושיעות salvation, from Y$( ישע
> M(DWT מעדות adorned, from (DH עדה
> N(WRWT נעורות youth, youthful time, from N(R נער
> SLSLWT סלסלות trellis, from SLL סלל
> THPKWT תהפכות overturning, perversity, from HPK הפך
>
> Some of these may actually be plurals, I just quickly checked a few
> possibilities from the unpointed dictionary.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>



-- 
Pere Porta