Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

It is an example of two different words of the same root and the same  
"vowel sequence".

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Dec 5, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

> 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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