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  • From: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>
  • To: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] היו and הייתם - qatal
  • Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 16:16:44 +0100

Isaac,
What do you exactly mean by this remark of yours?

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)

2011/12/5 Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>

> Remark that NITNAH נִתְּנָה of Nu 14:4 contains the same "vowel
> sequence" (dagesh and all) as NITNAH of Gen.38:14.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> Remark, Noam, that the vowel sequence of this word "heyu" in Num 16:16
> is
> the same as that of verb (enu, answer (you, males)! found in Num 21:17.
> Also remark that the usual vowel pattern for the Imperative of this kind of
> verbs (called lamed-yod) is with hatef-patah in the first root consonant:
> see in Jdg 9:15; Js 10:4; Zc 7:9...) and not with hatef-segol as in Num
> 16:16.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pere Porta
> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)
>
>
>
> Fact: Num 16.16 heyu היו 'be ye' is not the qatal.
> the qatal would have been heyiytem 'you were' הייתם.
>
>
> I'm sorry, I'm missing somethimg - it seems to me both היו and הייתם are
> qatal. What is היו if not qatal?
>
> Noam Eitan,
> Brooklyn, NY
>
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