Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Pere,

Nouns with the pattern seghol-seghol are segholates. They seem to have 
derived from an original one-syllable form in which there was a consonant 
cluster at the end. For example, מֶלֶךְ was originally 'malk'. Most 
two-syllable nouns with an early accent are of this type, such as , קֹ֫דֶשׁ 
,סֵ֫פֶר, נַ֫עַר, etc.

Noun of the form tsere-tsere are not segholates. In other words, they were 
not derived from an original one-syllable form with a consonant cluster.


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


From: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com<mailto:pporta7 AT gmail.com>>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:05:21 +0200
To: Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com<mailto:randallbuth AT gmail.com>>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tevel vs Evel

Dear b-hebrew listees,

I'm doing a comparison between several noun types in order to make some
systematization of their patterns.

I find nouns consisting of three root letters with tsere in the first and
tsere in the second.

And so, TBL, world (Ps 19:5) or TB+, Tebeth (a month of the year) (Est 2:16)

And I find nouns consisting of three root letters with tsere in the first
but with segol in the second:

)BL, mourning (2Sa 14:2)
SFR, book (2Sa 1:18)
$B+, tribe (Gn 49:10)

Can anyone provide a good reason of this different pattern?
I mean: not *"the Hebrew language is like this*", but, so to say, an
"internal" reason.
--Have nouns tsere-tsere a feature common to all them?
--Have nouns tsere-segol a feature common to all them, a common
denominator?
--Could we, given this and this and this root consonants, know in advance
which pattern (tsere-tsere or tsere-segol) the resulting noun would fit if
both vowel sounds are to be 'e'?

Friendly,

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)







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