Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>]

I'll have to admit that I never thought otherwise. Of course Akkadian 
actually has what in Hebrew is called the Aleph. But then, I learned Akkadian 
in Hebrew, so this was a natural assumption.

Yigal Levin

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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Riley
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You might notice, just in passing, that all the Semitic languages except 
Akkadian start words with a consonant.  Therefore only Akkadian has an 
initial A.  Does that not suggest, especially when you take into account 
everything known about Akkadian, that perhaps there was no initial 'true 
vowel A', but in fact an ) ?

Kevin Riley