Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

You are right, There is GB and there is GBB, there is GL and there is  
GLL, etc. Wherefrom did these doubled letters come? They came from  
the pen of the scribe who wrote the HB. Doubling the last radical  
letter is a common technique used in the Hebrew language for  
extending a 2-literal root into a 3-literal root.
True, LEBAB has two B's, but LIB-IY, 'my heart', has only one B.  
There is a dagesh "forte" in the B as expected after a xiriq, but the  
word is written in Hebrew with only one (one!) B.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 11, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:

> dear isaac,
>
> i knew it was coming.
>
> can you please tell me how many times LBB (with or without prefix  
> and suffix) appears in the OT?
>
> same thing with MYLL an MYLH. GLL and GL. MDD and MD. QCC and QC.  
> XRR and XR. (WLL and (WL. DLL and DL.
> X$$ and X$. MCC and MC. BQQ and BQ. NYCOC. SBB and SB. etc etc etc.  
> XDD and XD.
>
> wherefrom did these doubled letters come from?
>
> what is your explanation for the coexistence of these pairs of  
> similar etymology?
>
> so LEBAB has 2 B and LIBI never had a dagesh forte?
>
> nir cohen
>
>
> On Wed, 11 May 2011 11:24:21 -0400, Isaac Fried wrote
> > As far as I know there is no LIBBI לבבי and no DIBBER דבבר  
> in the Hebrew language. The dagesh "forte" is unnecessary in "full"  
> writing. Hence GIBOR, KINOR, CINOR, CIPOR, RIMON, with a dagesh,  
> but CIYNOK, QIYTOR, with no dagesh.
> >
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
> >
> >
> > On May 11, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:
> > > we see a yodless I vowel associated with  (yes!) dagesh forte  
> > and prefix: LEV--> LIBBI, DAVAR--> DIBBER
>
>
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