Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

It is possibly a mere formality, but present day grammarians [see:]

יצחק אבינרי: היכל המשקלים

consider $IXVAH [no dagesh], LI$KAH [dagesh], and NI$KAH [dagesh] as  
belonging to the same MI$QAL. Also HEMIAH, XEBRAH, etc., punctuated  
with a segol.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On May 25, 2011, at 12:28 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

> Might we then say that, concerning the pointing pattern, noun LI 
> $KAH, chamber (Neh13:5) (*) belongs to a different mishqal from  
> that of noun $IKBAH, layer (**)?
>
> Or should we rather say that they belong exactly to the same  
> pointing pattern, only that for an unknown reason the B of $IKBAH  
> lacks dagesh?
>
>
> (*) Dagesh in the K
> (**) NO dagesh in the B
>
> Regards
>
> Pere Porta
>
> 2011/5/25 Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
> I am not sure how the present day $IKBAH, [$IXVAH] שכבה 'layer,  
> stratum', came to be. In the bible (Ex. 16:13) it is found only in  
> SMIYKUT as: $IKB-AT HA-TAL שִׁכְבַת הַטַּל 'lying  
> dew', implying that the single is possibly $KABAH.
> I don't think that the Imperative form $IKBAH of Gn 39:7 "became"  
> the noun for the 'layer' of today.
> The imperative $IKBAH, as well as the corresponding noun, lacks a  
> dagesh in the B, and I, therefore, suspect it to be a latter form  
> preferred by the NAQDANIYM.
> All other nouns of the same MI$QAL have a dagesh, as expected, to  
> wit: XEMDAH, XERPAH, KISBAH, LI$KAH, NIQPAH, NI$KAH, EMDAH,  
> [PITDAH], PISGAH, PIRDAH, PI$TAH, RIKBAH, RICPAH.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On May 24, 2011, at 1:51 AM, Pere Porta wrote:
>
> > We have in Gn 39:7 an Imperative form, $IKBAH, lie down (you,  
> > male)! (an alternative to $:KAB found in 2Sa 13:5)
> > In today Hebrew we find the common noun $IKBAH, layer, social  
> > stratum.
> >
> > Apparently, an old Imperative form has become a feminine common  
> > noun today.
> >
> > I'm looking for other analogous cases: do you know of some others?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > Pere Porta
> >
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> Pere Porta