Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Please, don't give up. I am really, really interested in hearing an  
explanation for the dagesh in
the second L of L$LXNW לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ 'to send us away', of Ex 13:15
and the M of &MXNW שַׂמְּחֵנוּ 'gladden us', of Ps 90:15.
I promise not to argue with you about it, I will just listen.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 17, 2011, at 9:21 AM, James Spinti wrote:

> Yes. The facts are that the manuscripts have vowel points that  
> agree with what we know from cognate languages to be the expected  
> ones. The facts are that we have non-cognate languages that contain  
> loanwords that agree with those vowel. And, the fact is that you  
> will now claim that those are irrelevant...
>
> I give up.