Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

1. I looked up both Ex. 23:20 and 1Sam 25:29 but I fail to see there  
any qamats-hatuph (BTW, what is this "hatuph", do you mean qamats- 
hataph or hataph-qamats?). I suspect that latter day (circa 1982)  
"masorates" removed many hataphim.

2. I don't know what is the origin or purpose of this O reading for  
some qamats', but interestingly enough,
the word CAHARAYIM צהרים 'noon', is now commonly pronounced  
CAHARAYIM and not COHORAYIM,
even though its recommended spelling is צוהריים The word  
ANIYAH, 'ship' is universally pronounced, and
written, ONIYAH, אוניה possibly to distinguish it from 'poor'. On  
the other hand, I have never heard the
ANIY of 1Ki 10:11 read ONIY.

Isaac Fried, Boston University
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On Jan 21, 2012, at 12:49 AM, Pere Porta wrote:

> B. Infinitives + suffix K
> Here we have a qamats-hatuph and therefore it sounds as vowel "o".  
> Look at
> Ex 23:20 or at 1Sm 25:29